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Appleton, Daniel (Publisher the founder)

publisher, the founder of the house of D. Appleton and Co., was born Dec. 10, 1785, in Haverhill, Mass. He began life as a dry-goods merchant in his native town; subsequently went to Boston, and in 1825 removed to New York. Here he began the importation of English books in conjunction with the dry-goods business. Mr. Appleton soon abandoned the dry-goods business, thereafter giving his attention solely to the importation and sale of books. He died March 27, 1849, in New York.