The son and youngest child of Joseph and Dorothy Herndon Hale. An orphan before he was ten, he became the ward of his namesake, Colonel Edward Jones.
In January 1825 he purchased the newspaper Carolina Observer which he renamed Fayetteville Observer.
Married Sarah Jane Walker on 24 May 1828.
In the fall of 1866, Hall and his sons moved to New York City where at first they engaged in job printing, but in 1867 they released their first book, R. L. Dabney's Defence of Virginia and the South. The Hale firm specialized in printing Southern authors for the Southern market; its leading title was Alexander H. Stephen's History of the United States. By 1875 E. J. Hale and Sons, which had its offices on Murray Street and later at 55 Chambers Street, had 124 titles in its catalogue, and by 1883 had released over 500 titles.
Hale was an Episcopalian, and, like many prominent North Carolinians, he was a trustee of The University of North Carolina.
In January 1825 he purchased the newspaper Carolina Observer which he renamed Fayetteville Observer.
Married Sarah Jane Walker on 24 May 1828.
In the fall of 1866, Hall and his sons moved to New York City where at first they engaged in job printing, but in 1867 they released their first book, R. L. Dabney's Defence of Virginia and the South. The Hale firm specialized in printing Southern authors for the Southern market; its leading title was Alexander H. Stephen's History of the United States. By 1875 E. J. Hale and Sons, which had its offices on Murray Street and later at 55 Chambers Street, had 124 titles in its catalogue, and by 1883 had released over 500 titles.
Hale was an Episcopalian, and, like many prominent North Carolinians, he was a trustee of The University of North Carolina.
The son and youngest child of Joseph and Dorothy Herndon Hale. An orphan before he was ten, he became the ward of his namesake, Colonel Edward Jones.
In January 1825 he purchased the newspaper Carolina Observer which he renamed Fayetteville Observer.
Married Sarah Jane Walker on 24 May 1828.
In the fall of 1866, Hall and his sons moved to New York City where at first they engaged in job printing, but in 1867 they released their first book, R. L. Dabney's Defence of Virginia and the South. The Hale firm specialized in printing Southern authors for the Southern market; its leading title was Alexander H. Stephen's History of the United States. By 1875 E. J. Hale and Sons, which had its offices on Murray Street and later at 55 Chambers Street, had 124 titles in its catalogue, and by 1883 had released over 500 titles.
Hale was an Episcopalian, and, like many prominent North Carolinians, he was a trustee of The University of North Carolina.
In January 1825 he purchased the newspaper Carolina Observer which he renamed Fayetteville Observer.
Married Sarah Jane Walker on 24 May 1828.
In the fall of 1866, Hall and his sons moved to New York City where at first they engaged in job printing, but in 1867 they released their first book, R. L. Dabney's Defence of Virginia and the South. The Hale firm specialized in printing Southern authors for the Southern market; its leading title was Alexander H. Stephen's History of the United States. By 1875 E. J. Hale and Sons, which had its offices on Murray Street and later at 55 Chambers Street, had 124 titles in its catalogue, and by 1883 had released over 500 titles.
Hale was an Episcopalian, and, like many prominent North Carolinians, he was a trustee of The University of North Carolina.
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