In this video, Elizabeth Watts Pope, the Society’s curator of books and digital collections, introduces who was involved in American colonial printing and what kinds of materials they produced.
This educational video explores themes discussed in The News Media and the Making of America, 1730-1800, the 2021 NEH summer institute.
Primary sources, listed in order of appearance
The following primary sources were discussed in this video.
| Timestamp | Thumbnail | Access | Title | Item details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0:45 |
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Enlarge image | William W. Woodward, printer, bookseller and stationer... [trade card] | AAS catalog record |
| 0:56 |
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Enlarge image | Printing done with expedition and care, by Richard Folwell ... [trade card] | AAS catalog record |
| 1:05 |
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Enlarge image | Printing and binding done with neatness and dispatch, by Samuel Sower ... [trade card] | AAS catalog record |
| 1:14 |
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Enlarge image | Isaiah Thomas indenture [in the Isaiah Thomas Papers] | AAS catalog record |
| 1:41 |
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Enlarge image | Encyclopaedia; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature ... [printing press image] | AAS catalog record |
| 2:35 |
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Enlarge image | The book of common prayer ... [bound by Jane Aitken] | AAS catalog record |
| 2:36 |
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Enlarge image | [Collection of bookseller's and book binder's labels, tickets, etc.] | AAS catalog record |
| 2:48 |
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Enlarge image | The New-York weekly journal. | AAS catalog record |
| 2:57 |
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Enlarge image | The vvhole Booke of Psalmes ... | AAS catalog record |
| 3:27 |
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Enlarge image | The New-Hampshire gazette, and historical chronicle. | AAS catalog record |
| 3:37 |
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Enlarge image | The Prodigal daughter ... [woodcut] | AAS catalog record |
| 3:44 |
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Enlarge image | The Massachuset psalter ... | AAS catalog record |
| 4:07 |
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Enlarge image | Wunnamptamoe Sampooaonk ... | AAS catalog record |
| 4:18 |
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Enlarge image | Paradisisches Wunder-Spiel ... | AAS catalog record |
| 4:23 |
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Enlarge image | Plano de la ciudad de Nueva Orleans ... | AAS catalog record |
| 4:38 |
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Enlarge image | The Virginia gazette. | AAS catalog record |
| 4:42 |
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Enlarge image | Laussat, préfet colonial, commissaire du gouvernement Français | AAS catalog record |
| 4:48 |
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Enlarge image | The Heidelbergh catechism ... | AAS catalog record |
| 4:50 |
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Enlarge image | Der Neueste, verbessert- und zuverlässige americanische ... [almanac] | AAS catalog record |
| 4:53 |
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Enlarge image | The New-England primer enlarged ... | AAS catalog record |
| 5:18 |
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Enlarge image | Portrait of Alexander Hamilton | |
| 5:28 |
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Enlarge image | The New-York packet. | AAS catalog record |
| 5:48 |
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Enlarge image | A letter to General Hamilton, occasioned by his letter to President Adams ... | AAS catalog record |
| 6:03 |
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Enlarge image | The Federalist: A collection of essays ... | AAS catalog record |
| 6:28 |
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Enlarge image | Washington's dream. | AAS catalog record |
| 6:37 |
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Enlarge image | The Pennsylvania journal, or, Weekly advertiser. | AAS catalog record |
| 6:52 |
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Enlarge image | The Georgia gazette. | AAS catalog record |
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