Stephen Daye
(1594-1668)

printer

Died aged c. 74

Stephen Daye, Sr. (c.1594 – December 22, 1668) 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. His printing efforts were largely motivated by the ideals of freedom of religion and freedom of the press.

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Commemorated on 1 plaque

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Cambridge, MA, United States

Here lived Stephen Daye who set up nearby the first printing press in British America 1638.

Dunster Street, Cambridge, MA, United States where they set up business (1638-1668)