The Colonial printer
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A dramatization which follows a printer's apprentice through a day's work on the Virginia gazette, a newspaper printed in colonial Williamsburg. Explains how the old printing shop served also as public printer, post office, contractor for private printing orders, bookseller, and stationer. Demonstrates the slow, laborious methods of printing of the 18th century and emphasizes the role of the colonial printers in the fight for independence.
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