Patented by William W. Jackson for MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan, October 15, 1889 [patent]. A Condensed was added before 1895. Also sold by Lehmann (as Amerikanskij Grotesk), AG für Schriftgießerei u. M. (as Exzellent), and Augusta (as Ginevra). [Reichardt 2011]

Adopted for phototype by Headliners as F 258, as part of their Morgan Press Collection. [1964 specimen]