Was There a Printing Press in Washington in 1844?

"On March 19, 1844, a Catholic missionary at Cowlitz, in what is now the State of Washington, wrote a letter to the secretary of the diocese of Quebec, and in that letter made reference to what may possibly turn out to have been the earliest printing equipment ever brought to Washington.

Was There a Printing Press in Washington in 1844?

"On March 19, 1844, a Catholic missionary at Cowlitz, in what is now the State of Washington, wrote a letter to the secretary of the diocese of Quebec, and in that letter made reference to what may possibly turn out to have been the earliest printing equipment ever brought to Washington.

Alquimia, Ocultismo, Maçonaria: o ouro e o simbolismo hermético dos cadinhos (Séculos XVIII e XIX)

Este artigo apresenta a arqueologia das enigmáticas marcas impressas na base de cadinhos dos séculos XVIII e XIX recuperados nas escavações da Casa da Moeda do Rio de Janeiro, na década de 1980, e a explanação do seu significado simbólico à luz da alquimia, do ocultismo e da Maçonaria. Espraiando-se extraordinariamente mundo afora através de uma bem-sucedida estratégia de comunicação visual, a Maçonaria utilizou símbolos herméticos para a difusão de seus princípios nos mais diferentes suportes. Aparentemente estamos diante de um sinal de reconhecimento maçônico, o sinal exterior de uma organização oculta, só partilhado por iniciados e incompreensível para os demais, que contribuiu para difundir veladamente a doutrina maçônica por diferentes pontos do globo

The Beginnings of Printing in Florida

Printing came to Florida not as a result of natural expansion with a gradually increasing necessity for a press, nor for the purpose of Christianizing the Indians as was the case in some other areas; printing was introduced there as a result of war conditions outside the province. Florida had passed from Spanish to English hands in 1763 and had remained true to England throughout the Revolution, offering a haven for Tory refugees from the colonies to the north. In 1782 there was a great influx of loyalist Georgians, and later in the year, with the withdrawal of British troops from Charleston, refugees from South Carolina also came to Florida