Joseph Alexander Adams (1803 – September 11, 1880) was an American engraver who is said to have been the first electrotyper in the United States. He was born in

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(now within Tewksbury Township), in 1803.Staff
"American printer and lithographer, Volume 17"
p. 65, Moore Publishing Co., 1893. Accessed March 14, 1993. He was an apprentice in the printing business. His work as an engraver had appeared as early as 1833 in the ''Treasury of Knowledge'' and the '' Cottage Bible''. He engraved ''Last Arrow'' for the '' New York Mirror'' in 1837, and 1,600 illustrations for ''Harper's Illuminated Bible'' in 1843. He also made significant improvements in the process of electrotyping. He died in New Jersey in 1880.

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;General *''Who Was Who in America: Historical Volume, 1607-1896.'' Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1963. 1803 births 1880 deaths People from Tewksbury Township, New Jersey 19th-century American engravers American wood engravers 19th-century American illustrators {{printmaker-stub