Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/William Bradford (printer, born 1663)/1
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- Selby (2018) – sample only:
- Article: Bradford's grandson, William became a well-known printer during the American Revolution for the Continental Congress.
- Source: Bradford's grandson, William Bradford, became a noted printer for the Continental Congress during the American Revolution.
- Article: Bradford's grandson, William became a well-known printer during the American Revolution for the Continental Congress.
and
- In 1688, he printed Temple of Wisdom, the first full-sized book released in the middle colonies.[1][4]
and failed verification (sample) are found:
- Selby 2018 does not support all of
- "His trainer was Andrew Sowel (some sources spell Sowle or Sorole), the foremost Quaker printer in London, at the sign of the Crooked Billet in Holloway Lane at Shoreditch. Bradford started working for Sowel about 1680 and had mastered the trade and was free from his apprenticeship December 3, 1684. He married the master's eldest daughter, Elizabeth, on April 28, 1685. Sowel arranged for the two to join William Penn in his new colony in North America with a letter of recommendation from George Fox, founder of the Quakers, to become the colonial printer."
- and other sources cited (Johns 1992) offer more nuance.
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