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KNOXVILLE COLLEGE.

THE AURORA. m. Apr., 1890.

LAWRENCEBURG.

LAWRENCEBURG PRESS. W.
June 7, 1882-Aug. 2, 1882, Aug. 16-
July 18, 1883; Aug. 1, 1883-Aug. 21, 1884; Sept. 4, Oct. 16,
Oct. 30, Nov. 13-Dec. 18, 1884; Jan. 8, 1885-Mar. 12, Mar. 26-
May 7, May 21-July 23, Aug. 27, Sept. 10-Sept. 24, Oct. 15, Oct.
22, Nov. 5, 1885.

LOUDON.

THE REPUBLICAN FARMER. Nov. 10, 1881.

MARYVILLE.

THE EAST TENNESSEEAN. Oct. 26, 1855.

MEMPHIS.

THE MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL. June 21, 1862.

THE DAILY MEMPHIS AVALANCHE. Sept. 1, 1882; July 28, 1887.
MEMPHIS BULLETIN. W. Feb. 24, 1860.

THE CHICKASAW. May 1,

1878. (amateur) 12°.

MEMPHIS MORNING POST.

d. Jan 28, 1866.

MEMPHIS PRICE CURRENT. W. Mar. 2, 1861.

THE TIDAL WAVE. Apr., 1878. (amateur) 12°.
VOICE OF TRUTH. Apr. 6, 13, 1878.

M'MINNVILLE.

MOUNTAIN ECHO. W. Jan. 5, 1816.

NASHVILLE.

THE DAILY AMERICAN. Oct. 5, 1876.

NATIONAL BANNER. W. Jan. 13, 1826; July 18, 25, Aug. 1,22,29,
Sept. 5, 17, Oct. 31, 1829.

THE NATIONAL BANNER AND NASHVILLE WHIG.

W. Aug. 11, 18,

Sept. 22, 29, Nov. 10, 24, Dec. 8, 29, 1827; Jan. 5. 19, Feb. 2, 16, 23, Mar. 8, 22, Apr. 19, 26, May 3, 10, 23, June 7, July 11, Aug. 9, 16, 30, Sept. 6, 20, Oct. 4, 18, 25, 1828; Mar. 25, 1831. continued as:

REPUBLICAN BANNER. d. Feb. 18, 1866.

THE TENNESSEE BAPTIST. w. Aug. 9, 1851; Mar. 10, 1855.

THE CLARION. W. Feb. 16, Mar. 8, 1808.

THE DEMOCRATIC CLARION AND TENNESSEE GAZETTE. W. Aug. 10, Sept. 21, 1810.

THE CLARION AND TENNESSEE GAZETTE.

W.

Feb. 16, Apr. 6, 1813.

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THE NASHVILLE CLARION. W. Feb. 28, Mar. 7, 1821.

NASHVILLE EXAMINER.

May 4, 25, 1814.

THE TENNESSEE GAZETTE. w. Aug. 26, 1801.

TENNESSEE GAzette, and MeRO DISTRICT ADVERTISER. June 13,
July 20, 1804.

SOUTHERN LUMBERMAN. s. m. Aug. 15, Sept. 15, Oct. 2, 1882.
NASHVILLE REPUBLICAN. W. Nov. 6, 1824.

NASHVILLE REPUBLICAN ANd State GAZETTE. Oct. 27, 1830.
IMPARTIAL REVIEW AND CUMBERLAND REPOSITORY.

25, Feb. 8, Aug. 16, 1806.

W. Jan. 18,

THE REVIEW.

W. Nov. 10, 24, Dec. 1, 15, 29, 1809; Jan. 11, 18, Feb. 2, 23, Mar. 30, Ápr. 6, 27, June 1, 8, 29, July 6, 27, Aug. 10, 31, Sept. 14, 21, Oct. 5, 12, 26, Nov. 16, Dec. 7, 14, 1810. WEEKLY UNION AND AMERICAN. w. May 21, 1860.

THE NASHVILLE DAILY UNION. May 27, July 26, 1862.

THE NASHVILLE WHIG. Mar. 8, 1814.

NASHVILLE, TENN., AND LOUISVILLE, KY.

NASHVILLE AND LOUISVILLE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE. W.
Mar. 29, 1850; Nov. 30, 1854.

PARIS.

PARIS REPUBLIC. June 9, 1854.

PULASKI.

TENNESSEE BEACON AND FARMERS' ADVOCATE. W. June 23, 1832

SHERWOOD.

THE HELPING HAND. m. Dec. 1885; Feb., July, Sept., Oct., 1886.
Jan., Oct., Dec., 1887; Mar. May, June, 1888.

REMARKS ON THE EARLY AMERICAN ENGRAVINGS AND THE CAMBRIDGE PRESS IMPRINTS (1640-1692)

In the Library of the American Antiquarian Society.

BY NATHANIEL PAINE.

"A Descriptive Catalogue of an Exhibition of Early Engravings in America," given at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in the winter of 1904-5, suggested to the writer an examination of the engravings hanging on the walls of Antiquarian Hall at Worcester. As a result of this examination it was found that over two hundred engravings, lithographs and other works of a similar nature were suspended from the walls and alcoves, some of which were of more than ordinary interest, and it is proposed to call attention to a few of these which are of special value on account of their rarity. Of these perhaps the most interesting are the mezzotint portraits of four Indian chiefs engraved by J. Simon.

The late John R. Bartlett in a notice of these prints gives the name of the engraver as John Simmonds, but the name on the prints is very clearly J. Simon. There was a John Simon who came to London in the reign of Queen Anne, who was an engraver of some merit and may have engraved them, but in the only biographical notice of him that has come to my notice no mention is made of these prints. It was in 1710 that Major Peter Schuyler took four Indian chiefs to England where they created quite a sensation. They were received with great ceremonies by the Queen

and the Indians presented her with a set of wampum. The original paintings were said to have been painted for the Queen.

The engravings were published by subscription in November, 1710, and are now quite rare.

Those owned by the Society are in good condition and are as follows, all having the imprint:

J Verelst, Pinx. and J Simon, Fecit.

Printed & sold by John King at ye Globe in ye Poultrey, London. (Size of plates 15 x 10 in.)

Tee Yee Neen Ho Ga Ron

Emperour of the Six Nations

Sa Ga Yeath Qua Pieth Ton
King of the Maquas

Ho Nee Yeath Tan No Ron
King of the Generethgarich

Eton Oh Koam

King of the River Nation

Another series of mezzotints are nine engraved by Peter Pelham (born in England in 1684) who came to Boston in 1726-1727 and died there in 1751. His principal work was in the mezzotint style and he engraved a large number of portraits of men of celebrity. Among them one of Charles the First after Kneller, Peter Paul Rubens, Oliver Cromwell and others of like note.

Pelham was the earliest mezzotint engraver in New England, he was also a painter, and one of his portraits, that of Cotton Mather, is in the hall of the Antiquarian Society. The first mezzotint engraving made in New England was without doubt Pelham's print from the Mather portrait. From the following advertisement in "The Boston Gazette and Weekly Journal" of Tuesday, September 20, 1748, it appears that he had other occupations than that of painter

or engraver.

"Mr. Pelham's Writing and Arithmetick School, near the Town House (during the Winter) will be open from Candle Light till nine in the Evening as usual, for the benefit of those Employ" in Business all the Day: and at his Dwelling House near the Quaker Meeting in Lindell's Row. All Persons may be supplied with the best Virginia Tobacco, cut, spun into the best Pigtail, and all other sorts, also Snuff at the cheapest Rates."

In another issue of the Gazette of an earlier date he

announces:

"At Mr. Pelham's House near the Town Dock is to be sold sundry sorts of Household Goods (for Cash) very Cheap, he having Intention to break up Housekeeping. N. B. Attendance will be given from Eight till Twelve o'clock every morning, but not after that Hour on account of his preparing for his School in the Afternoon, which continues to keep as heretofore."

Pelham married in 1748 Mrs. Mary Singleton, widow of Richard Copley, and her son John Singleton Copley, the eminent portrait painter resided with her.

In the "Boston News Letter" for September 17th, 1751, Pelham advertises the print of Thomas Hollis.

"To be sold, at his home near the Quaker Meeting House, a print in Mezzotinting of Thomas Hollis, late of London, Merchant, done from a curious whole length Picture by Joseph Highmore in London, and placed in the College Hall in Cambridge. Also sundry other Prints at said Pelham's."

In the exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts about twenty of his portraits were on exhibition; of these the American Antiquarian Society has the following:

The Reverend Charles Brockwell. A: M. Late of Catharine Hall in Cambridge, his Majesties Chaplain in Boston N: E. P. Pelham pinx: et fecit 1750 Sold by P: Pelham in Boston |

Mather Byles A. M. et V: D. M. | Ecclesiæ apud Bostonum Nov-Anglorum Pastor. | P. Pelham ad vivum pinx. & fecit. |

The Reverend Henry Caner. A: M. | Chapel Boston.- | J: Smibert pinx: fecit. 1750

-Minister of Kings
P: Pelham

Sold by P: Pelham in Boston. I

The Reverend Benjamin Colman D. D. | J. Smibert Pinx. P. Pelham Fecit. | 1735.

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