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Hoadley Fund, 1946.16.8  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Carey & Lea
Hoadley Fund, 1946.16.8 © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Carey & Lea

American, founded 1822
Names
  • Carey & Lea
BiographyWhen the Philadelphia publisher Mathew Carey retired from business in 1822, his son Henry Charles Carey went into partnership with Isaac Lea, and the firm continued as Carey & Lea.
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