Carey & Hart

Carey & Hart was an American publishing company founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1829 by Edward L. Carey and Abraham Hart.

Source.[1]

History

In early November 1829, Edward Carey withdrew his partnership from his brother's company, Carey, Lea, & Carey, to form Carey & Hart alongside Abraham Hart.[2] The duo took over the retail book business of Edward's former company and remained in the same building alongside Carey, Lea, & Carey, now renamed Carey & Lea.[2] The companies were located on the southeast corner of Fourth and Chestnut Streets.[2]

The company remained successful for twenty-five years, although Carey and Hart's partnership saw its end following Edward Carey's death on June 16, 1845. The establishment continued under the name Carey & Hart until September 1849.[2] Hart's business throve until his retirement in 1854, which marked the end of Carey & Hart publishing company.[3]

References
  1. Mitchell, Donald (1899). American Lands and Letters: Leatherstockings to Poe's "Raven". Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 12.
  2. Kaser, David (1957). Messrs. Carey & Lea of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 47–48.
  3. Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John, eds. (1892). "Hart, Abraham". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
  1. Select Books Published by Carey & Hart at Internet Archive
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