Jonathan Leavitt
Publisher
Died when: 55 years 107 days (663 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Jonathan Leavitt (January 20, 1797 – May 6, 1852) was a bookbinder who later co-founded the New York City publishing firm of Leavitt & Trow, one of the nation's first publishing houses.
Leavitt was also co-founder of another early New York publishing house with his brother-in-law Daniel Appleton.George Palmer Putnam, who went on to found a New York publishing dynasty, received his first job from Leavitt.
Eventually Jonathan Leavitt went into business on his own, and after his death the firm was run by his son George Ayres Leavitt.
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