Solomon Henry Jackson

Solomon Henry Jackson was a pioneer American Jewish printer.

Biography

An immigrant from England, Jackson settled in Pike County, Pennsylvania, around 1787 and married Helen Miller, the daughter of a local Presbyterian minister.
In the 1820s, Jackson moved to New York City. He was the first Jewish printer there, with a Hebrew printing press which also featured English fonts.
Jackson published the first Jewish periodical in the United States. It was an anti-missionary journal entitled The Jew: being a defence of Judaism against all adversaries, and particularly against the insidious attacks of "Israel's Advocate". Twenty-four issues of The Jew appeared between March 1823 and March 1825. He also published the first Hebrew prayer book in the United States, and the first Haggadah in the United States.