| Title |
Hickok & Cantine |
| Date |
fl. 1839-1846 |
| Description |
Hickok & Cantine, a business formed by William Orville Hickok (1815-1891) and John J. Cantine (b. 1808), specialized in book
binding, blank book manufacturing, and publishing between 1839 and 1846 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Despite a fire that razed
their shop on March 5, 1840, Hickok & Cantine remained active, publishing most of their works between 1844 and 1846, including
a lithograph drawn by Mrs. T. Schreiner, published in 1845 and entitled, "View of the Burning of the Cumberland Rail Road
Bridge at Harrisburg, Dec. 4th, 1844."
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By 1848, the New York-native William Orville Hickok, who had trained in book binding in Lewistown, Pennsylvania, focused his
career on constructing special machinery for book binders. This enterprise, owing to the success of Hickok's patented ruling-machine,
expanded rapidly, and the "Eagle Works," later known as the Hickok Manufacturing Company, consisted of a complex of buildings,
including a machine shop, wood shop, and two iron foundries in Harrisburg.
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Less is known about John J. Cantine's life after Hickok & Cantine, except that he removed to Slaterville, New York, where
he enlisted as a Private in Company K of the 137th Infantry of the New York Volunteers in 1862.
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| Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| Bibliographic citation |
Census 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 |
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Town of Caroline Historian, http://carolinehistorian.org/LETTERS FROM LT WOOLCOT.doc |
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Peters, 216 |
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Public Ledger, March 5, 1840 and November 9, 1843 |
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U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1905 |
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William and Avis Hickok House, 201 North Front Street, Harrisburg Heritage (Winter/Spring 2008): 5-7. |
