1678:_First_printing_house_in_southern_colonies_opens_in_St._Mary.27s_City St._Mary's_City,_Maryland
working reproduction of william nuthead printing press, used in first printing house in southern colonies. functional printing press located in historic st. mary s city living history area.
photo j. pitts, courtesy of southern maryland heritage area consortium.
moving st. mary s city in 1678, william , dinah nuthead became first printers in maryland. while dinah nuthead illiterate, husband in operating printing press. copying letters , processes of husband, dinah able continue printing business following husband s death in 1695. after gaining license print colonial government, dinah became first female printer in colony. when dinah moved annapolis, maryland in 1695, able continue printing business in new location.
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