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Though the Virginia colony was founded in 1607, printing was not conducted until 1699 when William Parks was designated public printer. Of special interest is a section on "a free press," and another on the establishment in 1736 of the Virginia Gazette, the first in the colony.Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Staff is the author of 'Printer in Eighteenth Century Williamsburg An Account of His Life and Times and of His Craft' with ISBN 9780910412209 and ISBN 0910412200.
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