▁family ▁of ▁printer s . ▁The ▁family ▁tradition ▁had ▁been ▁begun ▁in ▁Massachusetts ▁by ▁his ▁great - grand father , ▁Samuel ▁Green , ▁who ▁was ▁himself ▁the ▁successor ▁to ▁the ▁earliest ▁printer s ▁in ▁the ▁North ▁American ▁colon ies , ▁the ▁Day es ▁of ▁Cambridge . ▁Samuel ▁Green ▁started ▁his ▁printing ▁business ▁in ▁ 1 6 4 9 ▁and ▁producing ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁notable ▁works , ▁including ▁Elli ot ' s ▁New ▁Testament , ▁translated ▁into ▁the ▁Native ▁American ▁language . ▁ ▁Career ▁Jon as ▁Green ▁moved ▁to ▁Maryland ▁in ▁ 1 7 3 8 , ▁and ▁became ▁the ▁Province ' s ▁official ▁printer . ▁ ▁Green ▁was ▁a ▁prot ég é ▁of ▁Benjamin ▁Franklin ▁in ▁Philadelphia . ▁ ▁He ▁became ▁the ▁publish er ▁of ▁the ▁Maryland ▁Gazette . ▁Its ▁early ▁m ast head ▁read ▁as ▁follows : ▁ ▁" An nap olis , ▁Print ed ▁by ▁Jon as ▁Green ▁at ▁his ▁Print ing ▁Office ▁on ▁Charles ▁Street ; ▁where ▁all ▁persons ▁may ▁be ▁supplied ▁with ▁this ▁Gazette ▁at ▁twelve ▁sh ill ings , ▁six ▁p ence ▁a ▁year , ▁and ▁Ad vert is ements ▁of ▁moder ate ▁length ▁are ▁inserted ▁for ▁ 5 ▁sh ill ings ▁the ▁First ▁Week ▁and ▁ 1 ▁sh illing ▁each ▁time ▁there after ; ▁and ▁long ▁ones ▁in ▁proportion ." ▁M oney ▁was ▁sometimes ▁hard ▁to ▁come ▁by , ▁so ▁Green ▁sometimes ▁trad ed ▁an ▁ad ▁or ▁a ▁subscription ▁for ▁supplies . ▁His ▁wife , ▁Anne ▁C ath ar ine ▁Green , ▁also ▁helped ▁to ▁make ▁ends