"13227"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "41215291"^^ . . "William"@en . . . . . . "1743"^^ . . . "Hugh"@en . . "1779"^^ . . . "Alexander Purdie"@en . . . "Mary"@en . . . "Alexander Purdie (c. 1743 \u2013 1779) was a prominent colonial American printer, publisher, and merchant in eighteenth-century colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, US. He was born in Scotland and immigrated to the American colonies. He published a Virginia Gazette newspaper and was a Public Printer and printed the laws and legislative journals for the colonial government of Virginia. He supported the cause of the patriots for American independence, which was reflected in his newspaper. Besides having a print shop, he owned a house in downtown colonial Williamsburg from where he sold clothing and accessories."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "c. 1743"@en . "Colonial Williamsburg publisher"@en . . . . . "printer and publisher"@en . "Jennet"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Alexander Purdie (publisher)"@en . . . . . "Scotland"@en . . "Alexander Purdie"@en . . . "1779"^^ . . . "Alexander"@en . "James"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Peachy Davenport"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "Alexander Purdie (c. 1743 \u2013 1779) was a prominent colonial American printer, publisher, and merchant in eighteenth-century colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, US. He was born in Scotland and immigrated to the American colonies. He published a Virginia Gazette newspaper and was a Public Printer and printed the laws and legislative journals for the colonial government of Virginia. He supported the cause of the patriots for American independence, which was reflected in his newspaper. Besides having a print shop, he owned a house in downtown colonial Williamsburg from where he sold clothing and accessories."@en . . . . "1106326692"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . .