Joseph Royle (publisher)

Joseph Royle
Born	May 1, 1732 Manchester, England [1]
Died	January 26, 1766(1766-01-26) (aged 33) Colonial Williamsburg
Occupations	Colonial printer Printing press shop foreman
Years active	1759-1766
Era	Crown Royal Colony Governors House of Burgesses Loyalism
Known for	Colony of Virginia arrival July 5, 1759 Declined publication of Stamp Act Resolves, 1765 Published Parson's Cause pamphlets
Notable work	Colony of Virginia official printer (1761-1766) The Virginia Gazette publisher (1761-1766)
Predecessor	William Parks William Hunter
Successor	Alexander Purdie Sr. [2] John Dixon Sr. [3]
Spouse	Rosanna Hunter (m. 11/19/1761)
Children	2

Joseph Royle (1732-1766) was a Colonial printer and publisher in British America during the reign of George III. Royle was born in 1732 within the geography of North West England reasonably substantiating his scottish ancestry. ^[4] Royle married Rosanna Hunter and had two sons, William Royle and Hunter Royle.

Craftsmanship at Colonial Williamsburg Print Shop

Colonial Williamsburg Shop at Duke of Gloucester Street

The Colonial Williamsburg print shop was established by William Parks on August 6, 1736 printing the first issues of The Virginia Gazette . William Hunter served as a successor of Parks upon his death in 1750. Hunter support of the Colonial Williamsburg printing press works sustained until his death in 1761.

Joseph Royle assisted William Hunter typesetting talents by serving as his printing press foreman at the Colonial Williamsburg print shop. In 1761, Royle sustained the compositors and publishing operations at the Colonial Williamsburg shop competently considering the arduous stamp duties laden by the Kingdom of Great Britain. The Virginia Almanack and Virginia Gazette remained in circulation for the Colony of Virginia despite Royle spells with a contagious disease known as pertussis or potentially tuberculosis. ^[5]

See also

• Early American publishers and printers
• Francis Fauquier
• Global spread of the printing press
• History of American newspapers
• John Camm
• Papermaking
• Richard Bland
• Robert Dinwiddie
• Sir William Gooch
• Williamsburg Paper Mill

Footnotes

1. Rawson, David. "Joseph Royle". Index of Virginia Printing, 1683-1820. Richmond, Virginia: Library of Virginia.
2. Rawson, David. "Alexander Purdie, Sr". Index of Virginia Printing, 1683-1820. Richmond, Virginia: Library of Virginia.
3. Rawson, David. "John Dixon Sr". Index of Virginia Printing, 1683-1820. Richmond, Virginia: Library of Virginia.
4. Rawson, David. "Printing in Colonial Virginia". Encyclopedia Virginia. Virginia Humanities.
5. "Virginia Almanacks (1717–1814)". Rockefeller Library Collections. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Franklin Papers Archives regarding Joseph Royle in British America

• Franklin, Benjamin (July 9, 1764). "Post Office Accounts, [9 July 1764]". Founders Online. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
• Parker, James (August 8, 1765). "To Benjamin Franklin from James Parker, 8 August 1765". Founders Online. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
• Franklin, Benjamin (February 3, 1766). "To Benjamin Franklin from James Parker, 3 February 1766". Founders Online. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
• Franklin, Benjamin (March 27, 1766). "To Benjamin Franklin from James Parker, 27 March 1766". Founders Online. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
• Franklin, Benjamin (June 6, 1766). "From Benjamin Franklin to Benjamin Waller, 6 June 1766". Founders Online. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.

Bibliography

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• Brigham, Clarence S (April 9, 1924). Bibliography of American Newspapers, 1690-1820. Worcester, Massachusetts: American Antiquarian Society. pp. 144–145. OCLC   37007754 – via HathiTrust Digital Library.
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• McMurtrie, Douglas C (July 1936). A History of Printing in the United States; The Story of the Introduction of the Press and of Its History and Influences During the Pioneer Period in Each State of the Union [Typographia An Ode, On Printing]. R.R. Bowker Company. p. 288. OCLC   3648334 – via HathiTrust Digital Library.
• Klapper, August (1958). The Printer in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg : An Account of his Life and Times, His Office and His Craft. Williamsburg, Virginia: Colonial Williamsburg. pp. 4, 13–14, 31. OCLC   3519363 – via HathiTrust Digital Library.
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Video media archive

• 18th-Century Printing at Colonial Williamsburg on YouTube
• International Printing Museum Tour playlist on YouTube

External links

• Media related to Joseph Royle at Wikimedia Commons
• Media related to Williamsburg print shop at Wikimedia Commons