1From Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan, 27 October 1753 (Franklin Papers)
...’s retirement in 1750 took over the management of the type foundry in London.
2To Benjamin Franklin from Jeremiah Miller, 11 December 1769 (Franklin Papers)
...General Assembly to support his projected type-foundry; he received £100 but did...
3To Benjamin Franklin from [ ——— Montécot], 26 March 1778 (Franklin Papers)
...busy. But there seem to be no type foundries; printers must have obtained their type from...
4To Benjamin Franklin from Jonathan Trumbull, 30 May 1778 (Franklin Papers)
and Deane on establishing a type foundry in America; if an operator could be persuaded to...
5To John Adams from François Adriaan Van der Kemp, 7 January 1790 (Adams Papers)
...Van der Kemp’s view, type foundries existed elsewhere in the United States, including Benjamin...
6To Alexander Hamilton from Ernst Frederick Guyer, [12 December 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
“Estimate of Time and Expence requisite to erect a type foundry” (
7To Thomas Jefferson from Ernst Frederick Guyer, 8 January 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
...to Alexander Hamilton, praying for his patronage in establishing a type foundry (
8To George Washington from Elias Boudinot, 15 March 1796 (Washington Papers)
...Pennsylvania legislature for assistance to establish a type foundry. In 1795 he offered to...
9To Thomas Jefferson from John Dorsey, 20 December 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
A Type foundry has been established at this place for about 10 years...
10To Thomas Jefferson from John Dorsey, 26 March 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
...suggestions in favor of the Type foundry of Messrs. Binny and Ronaldson was by them...