Type and Presses in America / A Brief Historical Sketch of the Development of Type Casting and Press Building in the United States

by Frederick W. Hamilton

6. Tell about Benjamin Franklin’s attempt at type founding.

7. Tell the story of the first successful type foundry in the United States.

8. Tell of the attempt of Mappa to start a type foundry in the United States.

9. What were the prospects for successful type founding in America about 1795?

10. Tell the story of the starting of the first permanently successful type foundry in America.

11. What were the first steps taken to enlarge its facilities?

12. What inventions did the senior partner work on?

13. Give a brief sketch of the firm from the retirement of the senior partner to the present time.

14. What other type founder was at work in 1805, and what was he doing?

15. Tell the story of the starting of the second successful type foundry in the United States.