Oregon Printing Before the "Spectator"

Bibliographical Society of America, 1965. Pamphlet, 6 pp. (pages 50 - 56) [Separate from the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America] Volume Fifty-nine, First Quarter, 1965. In good+ condition. Tan paper covers have light bumping and creasing to edges and corners and light overall scuffing, spotting and soiling. Binding tight (staple bound) Pages are lightly aged but otherwise clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. An article by George N. Belknap which examines evidence of printing in Oregon before 1846, the year in which the "Oregon Spectator" was founded. The article focuses on the possibility that Medare G. Foisy performed the first Oregon printing in 1845 with type owned by the Catholic mission at St. Paul. Apparently without the benefit of a permanent press, he printed at least two official forms, and there is evidence that he produced tickets for an election held on June 3, 1845. This information was later included in Belknap's seminal book "Oregon Imprints 1845-1870" (Eugene, Ore. [1968].…