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from "Printers and Printing in Providence, 1762 - 1907"
prepared by a committee of Providence Typographical Union #33 as a souvenir of the 50th anniversary of its institution
printed in 1907
"The Journeymen"
p. XCII.
"CHARLES P. WILLARD - Born Springfield, Mass., April 19, 1847; died Providence June 2, 1907; began to learn printing in New Haven and in his youth travelled extensively in the Eastern States; he deposited card with No. 33 on June 8, 1872, and worked almost steadily from that time until 1890 on the Journal; after the linotypes has displaced hand composition on that paper he was employed for a time on the Telegram; in 1897 he went to the Pawtucket Times, where he worked the last ten years of his life. He was one of the swiftest of the hand typesetters, easily setting 2000 ems per hour."
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