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Isaac Ashmead

Printer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Field	Value
name	Isaac Ashmead
birth_date	December 22, 1790
birth_place	Germantown, Pennsylvania
death_date	March 1, 1870 (aged 79)
death_place	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
parents	Jacob and Mary (Nagless) Ashmead
spouse	Belina Farren (m. 1828)
occupation	Printer and publisher
notable_works	Introduced the power printing press in Philadelphia

Isaac Ashmead (December 22, 1790 – March 1, 1870) was a printer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

He was born in Germantown to Jacob and Mary (Nagless) Ashmead, part of a family which settled in Philadelphia at the start of the Pennsylvania colony. His father had served in the American Revolution, and Isaac Ashmead later served in the War of 1812.

William Bradford, a Philadelphia printer, taught him the art of printing. In 1821 he opened his own printing business, one which he owned and operated until his death. Ashmead soon became a pioneer in his field by introducing the powren er printing press in Philadelphia, the composition roller and the hydraulic press for smooth-pressing wet sheets. He also managed the Philadelphia Institute for Apprentices, helped establish evening schools and was active in religious services. However, he was primarily noted for founding and printing for the Sunday and Adult School Union, the predecessor to the commonly known American Sunday School Union in the United States.

References

Johnson, Allen, ed. ''Dictionary of American Biography''. New York:Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936.

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