Record #:

10215

Author(s):

Roger, Lou

Abstract:

James Davis came to North Carolina about two hundred years ago to become the state's first printer and to print the laws of the colony. He remained thirty-six years. He was the first man to establish a newspaper, print a magazine, and print a book.

Source:

We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 7 Issue 8, Dec 1949, p18-19, bibl

Subject(s):

Davis, James, 1721-1785