BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

    INDEPENDENT LEDGER

    On 15 June, 1778, Edward Draper388 and John West Folsom published the first issue of the Independent Ledger.

    The bibliographical details relating to the Independent Ledger are arranged under the following four heads:

    • I. Titles.
    • II. Days of Publication.
    • III. Publishers, Printers, and Places of Publication.
    • IV. Devices.

    I TITLES

    1778, June 15: The Independent Ledger, and American Advertiser.

    1778, July 20: The Independent Ledger, and the American Advertiser.

    II DAYS OF PUBLICATION

    Monday.

    III PUBLISHERS, PRINTERS, AND PLACES OF PUBLICATION

    1778, June 15, Published and printed by Edward Draper and John West Folsom at the corner of Winter Street.389

    IV DEVICES

    1778, June 15 – July 13: None.

    1778, July 20: Heart illuminated by a candle within, and a chain on the outside clasped by thirteen extended hands; beneath, the motto “ALL HANDS with ONE enflamed and enlightened HEART.”390