Early Printing in Georgetown (Potomak) 1789-1800.

Traces the establishment and early history of printing in Georgetown, District of Columbia. The output of the press comprised 26 titles, including nine newspapers. None of the printers were successful, as the newspapers all failed, job printing was negligible, local almanacs did not find an extensive market, and the competition of Mathew Carey in Philadelphia was keen. The only successful publications seem to have been Catholic devotional tracts which the College and local Catholic citizens supported. A complete listing of known Georgetown imprints for the period is given.