1. Printing Anniversaries.
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Powell, William S.
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PRINTING -- Calendars , *ANNIVERSARIES - Abstract
The article features printing anniversaries falling in years ending in 9. Massachusetts' first press, and the first in English North America, was established in 1639. The first in Connecticut came in 1709, in North Carolina in 1749, and in Arizona and Colorado in 1859. It was in 1539 that Juan Pablo established in Mexico what is believed to have been the first press in the New World. Last year also marked the 400th anniversary of the first printing of the Book of Common Prayer in England.
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- 1950