Note 314 — Chapter II · LEARNED LADIES IN ENGLAND FROM 1650 TO 1760 (continued 4)

Whicher, G. P.: The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood, p. 22.

It may be noticed that late in the century several women were successful printers and publishers. "Mrs. Munelly was a printer in White Fryars; and publisher of The St. James's Evening Post, a very old newspaper, the precursor of The St. James's Chronicle" (Nichols's Literary Anecdotes, vol. III, p. 467.) "In April, 1775, Mrs. Baskerville, who had carried on the printing business of her husband, announced that business for sale, but she continued the business of letter founding in all its parts." (Ibid., vol. III, p. 459.) "William Caslon, whose foundry was of great repute, died in 1778, leaving the business to his widow. Her merit and ability in conducting a capital business during the life of her husband, and afterwards till her son was capable of managing it, can only be known to those who had dealings with that manufacturer. In quickness of understanding, and activity of execution, she has left few equals among her sex." (Ibid., vol. III, p. 357.)