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These three pieces of movable type were recovered from the Jotham Meeker farmstead in Franklin County. They were used in a printing press to print books, pamphlets, or newspapers. Shown here are a 10-point "d," an 18-point "C" and an ampersand (&). The scale of the type is so small that it is not easily visible with the naked eye. The site was excavated in 1985 at a Kansas Archeology Training Program. Jotham Meeker served as a Baptist missionary among the Ottawa on their reservation. Meeker established the first printing operation in what is today Kansas. Printing operations were carried out between 1849 and 1855 only.
Date: 1849-1855
Item Number: 444346
Call Number: 14FR308-15; 14FR308-273; 14FR308-386
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444346
Collections - Archeology
Education
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Tools & Equipment for Communication - Printing
People - American Indians - Tribes - Ottawa
People - European Americans
Places - Counties - Franklin
Thematic Time Period - Indian Territory, 1820 - 1854
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
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