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Subject: Peddlers and peddling

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License to Peddle: Samuel Cyrus Hart's 1849 ApplicationLicense to Peddle: Samuel Cyrus Hart's 1849 Application

This document is a two-page license application, folded from a single sheet, for Samuel Cyrus Hart to peddle domestic and foreign goods from a horse and wagon in 1849. Hart's application notes that he is disabled and unable to perform physical labor, necessitating the need for a peddler's license. The license fee was $300.00. The application was endorsed by Hart & Isaac Hugus. The document's description notes that no reference to Hart's name was found in the available data, it is assumed that he was Jewish.