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102 editorial comment september a question of firsts again te years ago the present editor labored an article for this magazine under the caption historical firsts exclusives and incomparables 1 the aim was to point out how easy it is to be mistaken in the assumption that an incident or fact which occupies a unique place in one's own mind is for that reason necessarily unique he pointed out that if we were all careful of our firsts one large class of potential errors would disappear douglas c mcmurtrie author of the notable and beau tifully executed volume on early printing in wisconsin2 was sensitively aware of the danger involved in assumptions of certainty where in the nature of the case certainty could not exist that this attitude of wariness saved him from a too common error is clearly shown in the notes printed below which he very kindly supplied and which have a definite in terest to all who concern themselves with the engaging sub ject of wisconsin imprints joseph s chafer in studies of the beginnings of printing in various parts of the united states it has not infrequently happened that a certain piece of printing is confidently recorded as the first at a given locality only to have a still earlier first turn up unexpectedly at some later date my own experience in such researches has taught me to be wary about ascrib ing priority to a local imprint unless i can base the statement upon such sure contemporary evidence as for example the ledger accounts of john calhoun at chicago or the precise day-to-day journal of jotham meeker at the shawanoe and ottawa missions in what is now kansas on the other hand in my own search for material in the history of local ameri can printing my good fortune has now and then enabled me to record authentic imprints indubitably earlier than the first printings recorded by others an interesting instance of the uncertainties that beset the investi gator in this field has been the fairly recent discovery of a new first 1 editorial comment wisconsin magazine of history vi 102-104 2 dogwood press seattle washington 1931
Object Description
| Title | The Wisconsin magazine of history: Volume 16, number 1, September 1932 |
| Article Title | The Wisconsin magazine of history: Volume 16, number 1, September 1932 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Series | Wisconsin Magazine of History ; v. 16, no. 1 |
| Format-Digital | xml |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
| ISSN | 1943-7366 |
| Identifier-Digital | vol16no010000 |
| Description | Notable articles in this issue include an examination of the national influence and power Wisconsin politicians held in the late 19th century and the story of how the 17th Amendment changed senatorial campaigns. |
| Volume | 016 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Year | 1932-1933 |
Description
| Title | 102 |
| Page Number | 102 |
| Article Title | Editorial comment: a question of "firsts" again |
| Author | Schafer, Joseph, 1867-1941 |
| Page type | Column home |
| Format-Digital | jpeg |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
| ISSN | 1943-7366 |
| Identifier-Digital | vol16no010110 |
| Volume | 016 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Year | 1932-1933 |
| Full Text | 102 editorial comment september a question of firsts again te years ago the present editor labored an article for this magazine under the caption historical firsts exclusives and incomparables 1 the aim was to point out how easy it is to be mistaken in the assumption that an incident or fact which occupies a unique place in one's own mind is for that reason necessarily unique he pointed out that if we were all careful of our firsts one large class of potential errors would disappear douglas c mcmurtrie author of the notable and beau tifully executed volume on early printing in wisconsin2 was sensitively aware of the danger involved in assumptions of certainty where in the nature of the case certainty could not exist that this attitude of wariness saved him from a too common error is clearly shown in the notes printed below which he very kindly supplied and which have a definite in terest to all who concern themselves with the engaging sub ject of wisconsin imprints joseph s chafer in studies of the beginnings of printing in various parts of the united states it has not infrequently happened that a certain piece of printing is confidently recorded as the first at a given locality only to have a still earlier first turn up unexpectedly at some later date my own experience in such researches has taught me to be wary about ascrib ing priority to a local imprint unless i can base the statement upon such sure contemporary evidence as for example the ledger accounts of john calhoun at chicago or the precise day-to-day journal of jotham meeker at the shawanoe and ottawa missions in what is now kansas on the other hand in my own search for material in the history of local ameri can printing my good fortune has now and then enabled me to record authentic imprints indubitably earlier than the first printings recorded by others an interesting instance of the uncertainties that beset the investi gator in this field has been the fairly recent discovery of a new first 1 editorial comment wisconsin magazine of history vi 102-104 2 dogwood press seattle washington 1931 |