William Rind, Jr. was apprenticed to Thomas Nicolson, printer in Richmond. William was 17 years of age in 1784. HBG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rowe, Linda" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 3:51 PM Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Clementine Rind > It is true that there isn't much documentation for Clementina Rind before > she and her husband William came to Williamsburg from Maryland. However, > local records here do give us the names of the five Rind children (several > from the Bruton Parish Register), care of the orphaned sons by the > Williamsburg Lodge of Masons, the fate of daughter Maria Rind, and the > fact that one if not two of the Rind sons were printers. Journals of the > House of Burgesses detail voting for the position of public printer and > the York County records contain Rind estate information and indebtedness. > > Linda Rowe > Historian > Department of Training and Historical Research > Colonial Williamsburg Foundation > > -----Original Message----- > From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Roger P. Mellen > Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 10:57 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Clementine Rind > > There are very few primary sources that I know of for Clementina Rind > (note spelling), except the newspapers that she published and her > obituary in the competing newspapers. > > There are some secondary sources: > > Martha Joanne King, "Making an Impression: Women Printers in the > Southern Colonies in the Revolutionary Era" (Ph.D. diss., The College of > William and Mary, December, 1992). > > > Roger Mellen, "The Origins of a Free Press in Prerevolutionary Virginia: > Creating a Culture of Political Dissent" Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen > Press, (c)2009. > > Mellen, "An Expanding Public Sphere:Women and Print in Colonial > Virginia; 1736-1776" > Publication: /American Journalism/ : the publication of the American > Journalism Historians Association. 27, no. 4, (2010): 7 > Publisher: [Conway, AR] : American Journalism Historians Association > > Feel free to have your colleague contact me off-list for more information. > > Roger Mellen, Ph.D. > New Mexico State University > > On 3/16/11 6:35 AM, Michelle Krowl wrote: >> Hi all: >> >> A colleague recently came across a woman named Clementine Rind (hopefully >> I have the spelling right), who briefly published one of the Virginia >> Gazettes in Williamsburg and was an official printer for the government. >> My colleague wondered if there are good sources of information on Rind, >> especially any manuscript collections, so I turn to the experts in >> colonial Virginia history for guidance! >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Michelle Krowl >> [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] >> >> ______________________________________ >> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions >> at >> http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html >> > > ______________________________________ > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions > at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > ______________________________________ > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions > at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html