Robert Hoe (1784–1833) was born in Leicestershire England. He was indentured to a joiner in 1802 emigrated to the United States worked for a time as a master carpenter and subsequently was an associate of his brothers-in-law Peter and Matthew Smith in the business of carpentry and in the manufacture of a hand printing press invented by Peter Smith. In 1823 he became sole proprietor of the R. Hoe & Company retiring in 1832.
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