Green, Anne Catherine Hoof

Green, Anne Catherine Hoof

▪ American printer
née  Anne Catherine Hoof  
born c. 1720, probably in the Netherlands
died March 23, 1775, probably Annapolis, Md., U.S.

      early American printer who distinguished herself in her profession in the formative days of the United States.

      Anne Hoof apparently moved to America as a child and grew up in Philadelphia. In 1738 she married Jonas Green, a printer employed by Benjamin Franklin and Andrew Bradford. Later in that year they moved to Annapolis, where he became printer to the province of Maryland. In January 1745 he began issuing the Maryland Gazette. Anne Green undoubtedly helped in the print shop and learned the business well, for after Jonas Green's death in April 1767 the newspaper continued to appear without interruption. In that year she also issued the volumes of Acts and Votes and Proceedings of the provincial assembly on schedule.

      Assisted by her son William until his death in August 1770 and thereafter by her son Frederick, Green maintained the private and public sides of the business with great ability. In June 1768 she was given formal appointment as provincial printer. The almanacs, pamphlets, and books that issued from her press, notably the Deputy Commissary's Guide (1774) by Elie Vallette, were typographically distinguished examples of her craft. The Maryland Gazette was the province's principal source of news in the period leading up to the Revolution, and in its pages the issues of the day were hotly debated. John Dickinson's celebrated Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer were first published in that journal.

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