Excerpt from Early Princeton Printing It was at this time that Doctor Wither spoon lent his support to the establishment of a printing press in the Village. How ever easily he may have turned American on his arrival from Scotland in 1768, he had never forgotten his mother - country nor waived aside a chance to help a fellow countryman. Any worthy Scotsman land ing at an American port, could he but make his wav to Princeton, would be sure to find welcome and to receive advice and assistance at the hands of the President of ...
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Excerpt from Early Princeton Printing It was at this time that Doctor Wither spoon lent his support to the establishment of a printing press in the Village. How ever easily he may have turned American on his arrival from Scotland in 1768, he had never forgotten his mother - country nor waived aside a chance to help a fellow countryman. Any worthy Scotsman land ing at an American port, could he but make his wav to Princeton, would be sure to find welcome and to receive advice and assistance at the hands of the President of the College of New Jersey. And so it came about that early in 17 86 - unless all indications are at fault - there reached Princeton a young Scotsman named James Tod, a man of more than average educa tion and a printer by trade, seeking work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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