First Printing Press in the Colony of New York

First Printing Press in the Colony of New York (HMRWS)

Location: New York, NY 10004 New York County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 42.243', W 74° 0.615'

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William Bradford
appointed
Public Printer
April 10th A.D. 1693
established the first
printing press
in the
Colony of New York.

Erected by the
New York
Historical Society
April 10th A.D. 1893
in commemoration of
the 200th Anniversary
of the introduction of
printing in
New York.
Details
HM NumberHMRWS
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Year Placed1893
Placed ByNew York Historical Society
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Thursday, September 4th, 2014 at 1:33am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 583611 N 4506375
Decimal Degrees40.70405000, -74.01025000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 42.243', W 74° 0.615'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 42' 14.58" N, 74° 0' 36.90" W
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Area Code(s)212, 917, 646, 516, 347,
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 79 Pearl St, New York NY 10004, US
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