A wooden press such as this was used to
print the first 500 copies of the Lancaster
Journal in 1794 by William Hailton and
Henry Willcocks. The press that they used
was imported from England about the same
time the Continental Congress was fleeing
Philadelphia from the British. All newspapers
of the day had four pages. The first and fourth
pages were printed on one side while the other
two pages were printed on the reverse side.
The single sheet of paper was folded to create
the newspaper. |
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