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(Woman printer) Moore, “The Search After Happiness,” 1811.

Moore, Hannah. The Search After Happiness: A Pastoral Drama. Philadelphia: Printed for Johnson and Warner, 1811. 72 pp.

Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, a woman printer in Philadelphia. After her husband’s death in 1808, she inherited his struggling print shop and transformed it into a successful business that operated for more than five decades.

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