77

first and last pages of the newspaper - Old long
primer, a better than a quarter of a case double
English Roman. A small quantity of double English
italic capitals in a new long primer capital case -
lower case letter in the English italic captl.
case - a quarter of a case English italic - nearly
a short column of all Pica italic - English Roman
sufficient for a folio page post [?] paper - a
case full of great primer - a captl. case of large
wooden letter some metal - a lower case, with a
small quantity of capital & lower case Cannon -
a case of flowers - a lower case of high letter of
different kinds of sizes - 5 cases of Dutch letter,
one with the other quarter full - a box with a
few quotations & a quantity of Purgois quadrats -
2 galleys - 1 metal & 2 wooden composing sticks -
long primer italic - 4 Dime. [?] chases of 1
quarto - a quantity of furnityre - 3 frames - 16
lb. of Pye in a box - 5 large cuts 4 small ones -
a press, with two friskets & a bank - a box with
scabboard - all the rules &c belonging to the news-
paper, with every other article belonging to the
printing business - 2 composing sticks & 3 galleys
4 letter boards.⁷

The office and materials were to remain in Hayes'
possession for six months,

unless he can procure to himself materials for a
printing office from Glasgow or some other place
which the said Hayes may find more convenient.

At the expiration of that time, Hayes agreed to deliver
all materials of the printing house to Killen; Hayes at
the same time was answerable for all debts contracted

7 Hayes, John, op. cit.

Compare this inventory of printers starting in
business in Baltimore in 1784, with the inventory
of Thomas Dobbin, 1808, Baltimore newspaper print-
er for twelve years, p. 96; the inventory of Fred-
erick Green, printer to the state of Maryland from
1775 to his death in 1811, p. 156; and the inven-

tory of Stewart Herbert, first printer of Hagers-
town, who died in 1795, p. 179,.