| Title |
Slack, William J. |
| Date |
b. ca. 1844 |
| Description |
William J. Slack, born ca. 1844 in the Frankford section of Philadelphia, worked as a lithographer and printer in the city
1861-1869. Slack, son of Abraham Slack (b. ca. 1811), originally a tailor in Frankford, who by 1857 operated an "engraving,
die-sinking and embossed printing, envelope and seal press manufactory" at 37 South Strawberry Street, probably entered the
printing trade through his father.
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Slack was listed sporadically in Philadelphia city directories. In 1867 and 1869, he was listed as a printer who resided at
511 Enterprise (i.e., Greenwich) Street in South Philadelphia with his engraver brother Robert M. (b. ca. 1842). After 1869,
Slack remained unlisted in city directories while his father was noted as a salesman, and his brother as an engraver (Byram
& Slack, 413 Chestnut Street, with Joseph H. Byram). Slack was also possibly the William J. Slack who fought with the Pennsylvania
Cavalry during the Civil War 1863-1865.
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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 1850, 1860 |
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Groce & Wallace, 583 |
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Pennsylvania Press, October-December 1857 (Advertisements for "Abram Slack") |
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Philadelphia Business and City Directories, 1861-1869 (intermittently) |
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WWWAA, 3057 |
