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"Printing History"

Mar 12, 2018
  • Ann Franklin
  • Franklin Family
  • James Franklin
  • Newport Imprints
  • Printing History

A Woman's Touch: Ann Franklin, Printing Pioneer

Ann Smith was born in Boston, Mass. in 1696 to puritans Samuel and Anna Smith. For some context, this means … Continue reading A Woman's Touch: Ann Franklin, Printing Pioneer

Jul 7, 2017
  • Broadsides
  • Fourth of July
  • George L. Shepley
  • holidays
  • poetry
  • Printing History
  • Private Libraries
  • Shepley Collection
  • Shepley Library

Odes for the Fourth of July, 1796

For this holiday week celebrating the Declaration of Independence from Britain in 1776, I delved into the R.I.H.S. collections to … Continue reading Odes for the Fourth of July, 1796

Dec 22, 2016
  • almanacs
  • Bennett Wheeler
  • Elisha Thornton
  • John Carter
  • Printing History
  • weather

A Solstice Almanac Tale

We have just celebrated the Winter Solstice yesterday, Dec. 21st.  Today we look at the seasons of yore, specifically 1795 … Continue reading A Solstice Almanac Tale

Jan 29, 2016
  • American Revolutionary War
  • John Carter
  • paper
  • Printing History
  • R.I. Imprints
  • Stephen Hopkins
  • William Goddard

Pushing Paper: Collections Highlight

For Rhode Island one of the most important events of the late 18th Century was the opening of paper mills … Continue reading Pushing Paper: Collections Highlight

Nov 28, 2013
  • 18th century
  • Broadsides
  • Colonial Rhode Island
  • Faith & Freedom
  • French & Indian War
  • Peace of Paris
  • Printed Collection
  • Printing History
  • rhode island
  • Treaty of Paris 1763

"to render Sincere THANKS"

Three hundred and fifty years ago, Great Britain, France and Spain concluded a world war with a Treaty signed on … Continue reading "to render Sincere THANKS"

Sep 26, 2013
  • 18th century
  • Art of the Book
  • Children's Books
  • early printing
  • ephemera
  • Henry Marchant
  • Hugh Hale Brown
  • John Carter
  • Juvenile Literature
  • Printing History
  • rihs library

Object Thursday: Little Benjamin, or, Confess your Faults

Little eyes and little hands needed books too. The Rhode Island Historical Society holds a lovely collection of children’s books … Continue reading Object Thursday: Little Benjamin, or, Confess your Faults

Jul 25, 2013
  • early printing
  • Governors of Rhode Island
  • James Franklin
  • Joseph Jencks (1656-1740)
  • Printing History
  • Smallpox

Object Thursday: Keeping Smallpox Out of R.I., 1729.

The well-documented smallpox epidemic in Boston in 1721, with its ensuing inoculation controversy, was by no means the end of … Continue reading Object Thursday: Keeping Smallpox Out of R.I., 1729.

Jun 13, 2013
  • Brig Cumberland
  • John Hutchens
  • journals
  • logbooks
  • marbled paper
  • MSS 828
  • printers
  • printing
  • Printing History
  • ships' logbooks

Object Thursday: Oh the Places You’ll Go

With summer quickly approaching our thoughts in Rhode Island turn to the sea. For many, our thoughts are always with … Continue reading Object Thursday: Oh the Places You’ll Go

May 23, 2012
  • Gregory Dexter
  • Printed Collection
  • Printing History
  • Roger Williams

RIHS Ink: Why So Old

While most of the Society’s library materials start with 1636, the date of the founding of the Providence, the Printed … Continue reading RIHS Ink: Why So Old

May 4, 2011
  • American Revolutionary War
  • Broadsides
  • Colonial Rhode Island
  • Gaspee
  • Independence Day
  • Printing History

Happy Rhody Independence Day!

! Happy Independence Day Rhode Island! Two full months before the Continental Congress in Philadelphia declared independence from Great Britain, … Continue reading Happy Rhody Independence Day!

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