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A History of the Old English Letter Foundries

Note 413 — Chapter X · THOMAS AND JOHN JAMES, 1710.

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The story may be read in detail in Biographical Memoirs of William Ged, including a particular account of his progress in the art of Block printing. London, 1781, 8vo. Fenner died insolvent about the year 1735. James Ged, after working for some time with his father, engaged in the rebellion of 1745, and narrowly escaped execution. He ultimately went to Jamaica, a year before his father’s death.

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