| Title |
Hart, S[arah] & Son |
| Date |
fl. 1823-1843 |
| Description |
S. Hart & Son, the partnership established in 1823 between widowed mother Sarah Stock Hart (1789-1863) and her son Abraham
Hart (1810-1885), the noted mid-19th century publisher, operated a stationery and fancy goods store that also sold and published
lithographs. The firm sold lithographic cartoons by 1829 and published satiric prints, including the "Life in Philadelphia"
series of engravings (1829-1830), and per Peters, a ca. 1830s lithographic caricature of a woman titled "Much Ado About Nothing."
The firm operated until 1843, originally from 65 South Third Street and after 1838 at 120, i.e., 324 Chestnut Street - the
future location of Theodore Leonhardt & Son.
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Sarah Hart, widow of the dry goods proprietor Abraham Hart (d. 1823), immigrated to the United States from Holland in 1807.
A prominent member of the Philadelphia Jewish community, she was active in the Female Hebrew Benevolent Society. She died
August 20, 1863 with her residence at 325 Spruce Street.
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Abraham Hart , in addition to partnering with his mother, also partnered in the publishing firms of E. L Carey & A. Hart
(1829-1839) and Carey & Hart (1839-1849) before operating his own firm 1849-1854.
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| Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| References |
See Theodore Leonhardt & Son. |
| Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| Bibliographic citation |
Census 1840, 1850, 1860 (Sarah Hart) |
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Dictionary of Literary Biography: American Literary Publishing Houses, Part 1: A-M, 80-83 |
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Morais, The Jews of Philadelphia, 54-55, 128 |
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Peters, 206 |
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Philadelphia Business and City Directories, 1829-1863 (Sarah Hart) |
