Jane Aitken (1764–1832) was an American printer and publisher known for printing

Charles Thomson Charles Thomson (November 29, 1729 – August 16, 1824) was an Irish-born Founding Father of the United States and secretary of the Continental Congress (1774–1789) throughout its existence. As secretary, Thomson prepared the Journals of the ...

's translation of the

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into English, as well as Rebecca Rush's novel '' Kelroy.'' She was the first printer to issue a Philadelphia census directory containing a section devoted to "persons of colour". Some of her papers are held in the collections of one of her clients, the

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Jane Aitken documentation at the American Philosophical Society
1764 births 1832 deaths American printers 19th-century American publishers (people) Businesspeople from Philadelphia Scottish emigrants to the Thirteen Colonies People from Paisley, Renfrewshire People from colonial Pennsylvania Women printers 18th-century American merchants 19th-century American businesspeople 19th-century American businesswomen 18th-century American businesswomen 18th-century American businesspeople 19th-century American women journalists 19th-century American journalists History of women in the United States {{US-publish-bio-stub

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