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lasted until January 26, 1799, at least^l13 ceased at
that date or soon thereafter, Pechin planning a new
daily paper to be called the American.¹¹⁴ But Martin,
instead, brought out the American, and Pechin again
left the newspaper field for a while.

During 1800, Pechin printed two editions of Jef-
ferson's Notes on Virginia¹¹⁵ and Thomas Herty's Digest

of the Laws of the United States.¹¹⁶ In May, he stated
that he would continue "to execute printing in all its
variety, on the most moderate terms", and that he had
"for sale an assortment of printed blanks, of every
kind which can be in demand."¹¹⁷

While he was without a newspaper, he undertook
the printing of the periodical, the Baltimore Weekly
Magazine¹¹⁸ edited by John B. Colvin, who had received
printing training in the office of the Federal Gazette¹¹⁹
and who was later to become Pechin's associate in the
publication of the Baltimore American.¹²⁰ Colvin pro-
posed to bring Baltimore into line with northern towns
which had well developed literary magazines; he hoped

113 Brigham, C. S. Bibliograph of American news-
papers, 1690-1820. Part III. Maryland to Mas-
sachusetts (Boston) p. 156.

114 American. Hay 14, 1799.

115 Appendix A. Imprint bibliography, items 888, 588.

116 Appendix A. Imprint bibliography, item 585.

117 American. May 20, 1799.

118 Appendix A. Imprint bibliography, item 556.

119 Federal gazette. July 28, 1802.
120 Ingle, Edward, op. cit. p. 16.