# Daniel Appleton
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{{Short description|American publisher (1785–1849)}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Daniel Appleton
|image = Daniel Appleton.jpg
|birth_date = {{birth date|1785|12|10}}
|birth_place = [Haverhill, Massachusetts](/source/Haverhill%2C_Massachusetts), U.S.
|death_date = {{dda|1849|03|27|1785|12|10}}
|death_place = New York City, New York U.S.
|spouse = Hannah Adams (1813–1849)
|children = 8, including [William](/source/William_Henry_Appleton) and [George](/source/George_Swett_Appleton)
|parents = {{ubl|Daniel Appleton|Lydia Ela}}
|occupation = [Publisher](/source/Publisher)
|relatives = [Appleton family](/source/Appleton_family)
}}
'''Daniel Appleton''' (December 10, 1785 – March 27, 1849) was an American publisher[{{cite web|title=Daniel Appleton, 1785-1849|url=https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002718365/|website=loc.gov|publisher=[Library of Congress](/source/Library_of_Congress)|accessdate=22 June 2017}}] who founded [D. Appleton & Co.](/source/D._Appleton_%26_Company)[{{cite book|last1=Cutter|first1=William Richard|title=New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation|date=1913|publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company|url=https://archive.org/details/newenglandfamili01cutt_0|page=[https://archive.org/details/newenglandfamili01cutt_0/page/179 179]|accessdate=22 June 2017|language=en}}]
==Career==
After a few years of schooling, he started a general store in Haverill. He moved to [Boston](/source/Boston) and had his business office at 21 Broad Street, where he sold dry-goods imported from England.[{{Cite DAB|title=Appleton, Daniel|volume=I, Part 1|pages=326–327|year=1957|author=A. Everett Peterson}}] Finally, in 1825, he moved to New York City where he gradually combined the importing of books with the dry-goods trade. The book department was placed in charge of [William Henry Appleton](/source/William_Henry_Appleton), his eldest son.
Later, he moved to Clinton Hall, Beekman Street, and devoted himself to the importation and sales of books, abandoning his dry-goods business. He published his first book in 1831. He gradually diversified. In 1841, he began offering children's books. In 1845, he began sending books to [Latin America](/source/Latin_America) which—despite his lack of contacts—turned out to be a good market for him due to its recent independence from Spain. His business in that region was enduring and profitable. In 1847, he started offering travel literature.[{{Cite ANB|title=Appleton, Daniel|volume=1|pages=561|author=Samuel Willard Crompton |id=1602569}}]
The firm which he established in New York City became known as [D. Appleton & Co.](/source/D._Appleton_%26_Company) The publications of the house extend over the entire field of literature. The firm's ''[New American Cyclopedia](/source/New_American_Cyclopedia)'' was for 50 years the largest and most widely circulated work of its kind ever produced in the United States. His company was continued by his descendants.
Appleton retired in 1848.[{{cite book|last1=Adams|first1=Andrew N.|title=A Genealogical History of Robert Adams of Newbury, Mass., and His Descendants, 1635-1900|date=2002|publisher=Heritage Books|isbn=9780788421457|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Eh7Z12RpR8C&pg=PA302|accessdate=22 June 2017|language=en}}][{{cite book|last1=Appleton|first1=William Sumner|title=A Genealogy of the Appleton family|date=1874|publisher=Boston, T. R. Marvin & son|location=Boston|url=https://archive.org/details/genealogyofapple00appl|accessdate=23 June 2017}}]
* [William Henry Appleton](/source/William_Henry_Appleton) (1814–1899), who married Mary Moody Worthen, daughter of Ezra Worthen and sister of [William Ezra Worthen](/source/William_Ezra_Worthen), in 1844.[{{cite book|last1=Wolfe|first1=Gerard R.|title=The House of Appleton|url=https://archive.org/details/houseofappletonh0000wolf|url-access=registration|date=1981|publisher=The Scarecrow Press|location=Metuchen, N.J.|pages=[https://archive.org/details/houseofappletonh0000wolf/page/166 166–167]|isbn=9780810814325 }}]
* Maria Louisa Appleton (b. 1815), who married [James E. Cooley](/source/James_E._Cooley) (1802–1882)[{{cite book|editor1-last=Bayles|editor1-first=Robert M.|title=History of Richmond County, Staten Island, New York|date=1887|publisher=L.E. Preston & Co.|location=New York|pages=464–465|chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/historyofrichmon00bayl#page/n5/mode/2up|accessdate=16 April 2015|chapter=9}}][{{cite news|title=Obituary: John A. Appleton|work=New York Times|date=14 July 1881}}]
* Charles Horatio Appleton (1819–1820)[{{NIE|wstitle=Appleton, George Swett|year=1905 |inline=1}}]
* Daniel Sidney Appleton (1824–1890), who married Melvina W. Marshall (d. 1878), daughter of [Charles H. Marshall](/source/Charles_H._Marshall_(ship)), in 1858.[{{cite book|last1=Adams|first1=Andrew N.|title=A genealogical history of Robert Adams, of Newbury, Mass.|date=1900|publisher=Andrew N. Adams|location=Rutland, VT|page=302|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PQlXAAAAYAAJ&q=Charles%20Horatio%20Appleton&pg=PA302|accessdate=6 February 2015}}] who married Leopold Bossange, of Paris.