Darton & Harvey archive 1791-1847

Strickland Catherine Parr 1802-1899

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Darton & Harvey

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In 1787, the Quaker William Darton (1755-1819) began business as a printer, engraver and book publisher in London under his own name or as W. Darton & Co. Moving to premises at 55 Gracechurch Street in 1788, in 1791 he began a partnership with another Quaker, Joseph Harvey (1764-1841), setting up the firm of Darton & Harvey. They published a selection of Quaker works but also, following the path charted by pioneer children's book publisher John Newbery, made a specialty of b...

Wakefield, Priscilla, 1751-1832

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W. Darton & Co. London 1787-1791

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Darton & Harvey London 1791-1810, 1834-1838

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Darton, Harvey & Darton London 1810-1819

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Knight, Anne, 1786-1862

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Anne Knight (born November 2, 1786, Clemsford, England – diek November 4, 1862, Waldersbach, France), English social reformer, abolitionist and pioneer of feminism. She attended the 1840 Anti-Slavery convention, where the need to improve women's rights became obvious. In 1847 Knight produced what is thought to be the first leaflet for women's suffrage and formed the first UK women's suffrage organisation in Sheffield in 1851....

Harvey & Darton London 1819-1834, 1838-1852

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Murray, Lindley, 1745-1826

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Lindley Murray was born at Harper Tavern, Pennsylvania, on 7 June 1745. His father, Robert Murray, a member of an old Quaker family, was one of the leading New York merchants. Murray was the eldest of twelve children, all of whom he survived, although he was puny and delicate in childhood. When six years old, he was sent to school in Philadelphia, but soon left to accompany his parents to North Carolina, where they lived until 1753. They then moved to New York, where Murray was sent to a good sc...