Ohio archæological and historical quarterly (1887)
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society · Columbus : Published for the Society by A.H. Smythe · leaf 357
blished in theinitial number of The Centinel, he states that he same to thewestern country to establish a newspaper. It is therefore fairto presume that he had learned something about his trade beforeleaving the East. His granddaughter is authority for the state-ment that he came west in 1788. This… … FACSIMILE SIGNATURE OF WILLIAM MAXWELL. Mr. Maxwell was the first local public printer of the North-west Territory. In 1796 he published the Maxwell Code. Hewas second postmaster of Cincinnati, having been appointed tothat position the year previous, as the following notice in TheCentinel of…
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