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Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York in the 1790^fs,
and had been for some time a music publisher at
Middle Row, Holborn, in London.^ On the basis of
the entry "E. Carr & Co." in the Philadelphia Direc-
tory of 1793, it has been assumed that Joseph Carr,
the father, and his younger son, Thomas, were associ-
ated with the elder son, Benjamin, in the Philadel-
phia music store in 1793.1^

In the Maryland Journal of August 6, 1794, Joseph
Carr announced the opening of his Musical Repository:

J. Carr, inusic importer, lately from London,
respectfully informs the public that he has
opened a store entirely in the musical lino,
and has for sale, finger and barrel organs,
double and single key's harpsichords; piano
fortes and common guitars.

Until 1797, Perjamin Carr operated two music
stores, his first in New York which he hid opened in
1793, and his second in Philadelphia which he had
opened a few months later. His New York store was
sold to Benjamin Hewitt in 1797.^ Those three music
stores, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York appear
on the imprints of many pieces of music published from
1794 through 1799.

Just where the actual press work was done is a
problem. Since Joseph Carr had been a music printer

9 Fisher, W,A, op. cit. p.. 27.

10 Redway, V.L. The Carrs, American inusic pub-
lishers, p. 151.

11 Fisher, W. A. op. cit. p. 29^30.