D. Appleton & Company

Founded by Daniel Appleton (Dec 10, 1785 - Mar 27, 1849) who opened a general store which included books. Appleton was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts and died in New York City.

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1813 Relocated from Haverhill to Boston and imported books from England
1825 Relocated to New York City
1831 Published first book: Crumbs from the Master's Table by William Mason (1719-1791)
1848 Daniel Appleton retired; son William Henry Appleton (1814-1899) formed a partnership with his brothers, John Adams Appleton (1817-1881), George Swett Appleton (1821-1878), Daniel Sidney Appleton (1824-1890), and Samuel Francis Appleton (1826-1883)
1849 Death of Daniel Appleton
1857 First New York trade publisher to engage in subscription publishing
1880 Co-founded American Book Company
1881 Relocated from Leonard Street and Broadway, to Bond Street, New York City
1900 Filed for bankruptcy; re-organized by Joseph H. Sears of Harper's
1919 J.W. Hiltman named president
1924 Purchased Stewart Kidd Publisher Co, founded in 1914
1933 Merged with Century Co., founded in 1881, to form the D. Appleton-Century Co
1945 Sold hymn books department to Revell Publishing
1948 Merged with F.S. Crofts Co., founded in 1924, to form Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc.
1960 Purchased by Meredith Publishing Co
1974 New Century division sold to Charles Walther
____ Appleton division purchased by Prentice Hall
1998 Prentice Hall merged with Pearson Education

Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography in 6 volumes, 1856
Appleton's Railroad and Steamboat Guide 1847
New Century Dictionary 1927
New American Cyclopedia in 16 volumes, edited by George Ripley and Charles Dana, 1857-1863; revised and enlarged as American Cyclopedia 1873-1876
Picturesque America by William Cullen Bryant 1872
Unabridged English Dictionary 1859
works of Jonathan Edwards 1834 (1703-1758)
science works of Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
literary works of Henry James (1843-1916)
art works of Edith Wharton (1862-1937)
architectural works of Sanford White (d.1906)
Gems of British Art 1857
work of T.H. Huxley 1880