Elizabeth Glover was responsible for bringing the first printing press to the Thirteen Colonies. She established a press in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she printed Oath of a Freeman, An Almenack, and the Bay Psalm Book with the help of printer Stephen Daye. She married Henry Dunster, first president of Harvard University. After Glover's death, the printing press was gifted to Harvard, thus beginning the Harvard University Press.
The original site of Elizabeth's house in Cambridge, MA, with a sign explaining what the house is next to it.
The grave of Dunster in Massachusetts. Dunster was the second husband of Elizabeth and the first president of Harvard University. He died in 1654.
Stephen Daye Sr. emigrated from England to the British colony of Massachusetts and became the first printer in colonial America. He printed the Bay Psalm Book in 1640, the first book known to have been printed in the present day United States.
The Whole Booke of Psalmes Faithfully Translated into English Metre, printed by Stephen Daye, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1640. First book printed in British North America
1939 U.S. stamp commemorating the 300th anniversary of printing in colonial America
