In 1833, William A. Blanchard was brought on as a partner and the firm was briefly known as Carey, Lea & Blanchard until Henry Charles Carey retired in 1836 and the firm name was changed again to Lea & Blanchard. The publishing house became one of the most successful in America, and was known for publishing items such as The Encyclopedia Americana and a dictionary of German lexicon.
In 1833, William A. Blanchard was added as a partner, and the firm was known as Carey, Lea & Blanchard until Henry Charles Carey retired in 1836, changing the name to Lea & Blanchard. The publishing house became one of America's most successful enterprises, and it published works such as The Encyclopedia Americana and a German lexicon dictionary.