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The Freemasons' Magazine, Or General And Complete Library.
and at length totally lost his sig ht . To the friendship and protection of this Gentleman Mr . Preston having been consigned after the death of his father , he left college to attend on his patron as an amanuensis , in which character he . continued til ! Mr . Ruddiman ' s decease . Before that event , however , Mr . Thomas Ruddiman had bound 3 ' Preston apprentice to his brotherWalter Ruddimanprinter
oung , , in Edinburgh ; but his eyesig ht having , as before observed , failed him long before he died , " he employed Mr . Preston the greater part of his apprenticeship in reading to him , and in transcribing such of his works as were not completed , as well as correcting those in the press * . This employment , as must be supposed , prevented Mr-Preston from making great proficiency in the practical branch of the
art . After Mr . Thomas Ruddiman ' s death , however , he went into the office , ancl worked as a compositor for about a twelvemonth , during which time he finished a neat Latin edition of Thomas a-Kempis in iSmo , and an edition of Mr . Ruddiman ' s Rudiments of the Latin Tono-ue . But his natural inclination being bent on literary pursuits ,
he resolved , with the consent of his master , to go to London , Where he arrived in 17 60 . He brought with him several letters of recommendation from his friends in Scotland , and , among the rest , one from his master to the late William Strahan , Esq . his Majesty ' s printer f , who not onlykindly received Mr . Preston , but engaged him in his service , and
honoured him with his friendship and esteem till his death in July 178 ; . As a strong mark of his approbation , Mr . Strahan by his will , among many otherliberal benefactions , left an annuity to Mr . Preston . Andrew Strahan , Esq . his son , having succeeded to the business , Mr . Preston , natutally attached to a family to whose liberality and friendship lie was so much indebted , continued to act in the same the
confidential capacity for him , and at this time superintends correction of the press of his kind friend and generous benefactor : so that in the service of father and son he has now been engaged above 30 years . During ' that time , however , he has also been employed in occasional literary pursuits , and has furnished materials for various periodical publications . 'We come now to consider Mr . Preston in his relation to our
Ancient I ratennty . Soon after his arrival in London , a number of Brethren from Edinburgh resolved to institute a Freemasons' "Lodge in this city under sanction of a Constitution from Scotland ; but not having succeeded in their application , they were recommended by the Grand Lodge at Edinburgh to the Antient Grand Lodge in London , who immediately
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Magazine, Or General And Complete Library.
and at length totally lost his sig ht . To the friendship and protection of this Gentleman Mr . Preston having been consigned after the death of his father , he left college to attend on his patron as an amanuensis , in which character he . continued til ! Mr . Ruddiman ' s decease . Before that event , however , Mr . Thomas Ruddiman had bound 3 ' Preston apprentice to his brotherWalter Ruddimanprinter
oung , , in Edinburgh ; but his eyesig ht having , as before observed , failed him long before he died , " he employed Mr . Preston the greater part of his apprenticeship in reading to him , and in transcribing such of his works as were not completed , as well as correcting those in the press * . This employment , as must be supposed , prevented Mr-Preston from making great proficiency in the practical branch of the
art . After Mr . Thomas Ruddiman ' s death , however , he went into the office , ancl worked as a compositor for about a twelvemonth , during which time he finished a neat Latin edition of Thomas a-Kempis in iSmo , and an edition of Mr . Ruddiman ' s Rudiments of the Latin Tono-ue . But his natural inclination being bent on literary pursuits ,
he resolved , with the consent of his master , to go to London , Where he arrived in 17 60 . He brought with him several letters of recommendation from his friends in Scotland , and , among the rest , one from his master to the late William Strahan , Esq . his Majesty ' s printer f , who not onlykindly received Mr . Preston , but engaged him in his service , and
honoured him with his friendship and esteem till his death in July 178 ; . As a strong mark of his approbation , Mr . Strahan by his will , among many otherliberal benefactions , left an annuity to Mr . Preston . Andrew Strahan , Esq . his son , having succeeded to the business , Mr . Preston , natutally attached to a family to whose liberality and friendship lie was so much indebted , continued to act in the same the
confidential capacity for him , and at this time superintends correction of the press of his kind friend and generous benefactor : so that in the service of father and son he has now been engaged above 30 years . During ' that time , however , he has also been employed in occasional literary pursuits , and has furnished materials for various periodical publications . 'We come now to consider Mr . Preston in his relation to our
Ancient I ratennty . Soon after his arrival in London , a number of Brethren from Edinburgh resolved to institute a Freemasons' "Lodge in this city under sanction of a Constitution from Scotland ; but not having succeeded in their application , they were recommended by the Grand Lodge at Edinburgh to the Antient Grand Lodge in London , who immediately