William Truman is listed in Cincinnati directories as an individual publisher between 1843 and 1844. He is not listed in the 1846 Cincinnati directory. Directories for 1845 and 1847 could not be located. According to Walter Sutton, Truman was actively publishing in Cincinnati as an individual between 1843 and 1847. See Sutton's Western book trade (1961), p. 340. In printed wrapper. Wood engraving, p. [2], signed by Alexander Anderson. Series transcribed from head of p. [1] of wrapper.