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James Harper (publisher)

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James Harper (April 13, 1795 – March 27, 1869), was an American publisher and politician in the early-to-mid 19th century. [1]

38 relations: Alexander Jackson Davis, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Anti-Catholicism, Brooklyn, Canadians, Elmhurst, Queens, England, Fletcher Harper, Gramercy Park, Greek Revival architecture, Green-Wood Cemetery, Harper (publisher), HarperCollins, John F. Kennedy, John Locke, Know Nothing, Locofocos, Maria Monk, Mayor of New York City, Morris Franklin, Nativism (politics), New York (state), News Corporation, Peter Cooper, Republican Party (United States), Robert H. Morris (mayor), Roger L'Estrange, Seneca the Younger, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, The Bronx, Theodore Dwight (author), Thurlow Weed, Uncle Tom's Cabin, United States, Vassar College, Whig Party (United States), William Collins (publisher), William Frederick Havemeyer.

Alexander Jackson Davis

Alexander Jackson Davis, or A. J. Davis (July 24, 1803 – January 14, 1892), was one of the most successful and influential American architects of his generation, known particularly for his association with the Gothic Revival style.

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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is a work by John Locke concerning the foundation of human knowledge and understanding.

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Anti-Catholicism

Anti-Catholicism is hostility towards Catholics or opposition to the Catholic Church, its clergy and its adherents.

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn is the most populous borough of New York City, with a census-estimated 2,648,771 residents in 2017.

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Canadians

Canadians (Canadiens / Canadiennes) are people identified with the country of Canada.

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Elmhurst, Queens

Elmhurst (formerly Newtown) is a working/middle class neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Fletcher Harper

Fletcher Harper (January 31, 1806 – May 29, 1877) was an American publisher in the early-to-mid 19th century.

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Gramercy Park

Gramercy ParkSometimes misspelled as Grammercy is the name of both a small, fenced-in private parkKugel, Seth, The New York Times, July 23, 2006.

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Greek Revival architecture

The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States.

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Green-Wood Cemetery

Green-Wood Cemetery was founded in 1838 as a rural cemetery in Kings County, New York.

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Harper (publisher)

Harper is an American publishing house, currently the flagship imprint of global publisher HarperCollins.

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HarperCollins

HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C. is one of the world's largest publishing companies and is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies, alongside Hachette, Macmillan, Penguin Random House, and Simon & Schuster.

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John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), commonly referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963.

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John Locke

John Locke (29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism".

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Know Nothing

The Native American Party, renamed the American Party in 1855 and commonly known as the Know Nothing movement, was an American nativist political party that operated nationally in the mid-1850s.

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Locofocos

The Locofocos (also Loco Focos, Loco-focos) were a faction of the United States Democratic Party that existed from 1835 until the mid-1840s.

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Maria Monk

Maria Monk (June 27, 1816 – summer of 1849) was a Canadian woman whose book Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk, or, The Hidden Secrets of a Nun’s Life in a Convent Exposed (1836) claimed to expose systematic sexual abuse of nuns and infanticide of the resulting children by Catholic priests in her convent in Montreal.

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Mayor of New York City

The Mayor of the City of New York is head of the executive branch of New York City's government.

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Morris Franklin

Morris Franklin (October 20, 1801 – October 22, 1885) was an American lawyer, businessman and politician from New York.

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Nativism (politics)

Nativism is the political policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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News Corporation

The original News Corporation or News Corp. was an American multinational mass media corporation headquartered in New York City.

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Peter Cooper

Peter Cooper (February 12, 1791April 4, 1883) was an American industrialist, inventor, philanthropist, and candidate for President of the United States.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

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Robert H. Morris (mayor)

Robert Hunter Morris (February 15, 1808 – October 24, 1855) was an attorney and the 64th Mayor of New York City.

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Roger L'Estrange

Sir Roger L'Estrange (17 December 1616 – 11 December 1704) was an English pamphleteer, author and staunch defender of Royalist claims.

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Seneca the Younger

Seneca the Younger AD65), fully Lucius Annaeus Seneca and also known simply as Seneca, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and—in one work—satirist of the Silver Age of Latin literature.

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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790; however, Franklin himself appears to have called the work his Memoirs.

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The Bronx

The Bronx is the northernmost of the five boroughs of New York City, in the U.S. state of New York.

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Theodore Dwight (author)

Theodore Dwight (1796–1866), was an American author.

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Thurlow Weed

Thurlow Weed (November 15, 1797 – November 22, 1882) was a New York newspaper publisher and Whig and Republican politician.

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly, is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Vassar College

Vassar College is a private, coeducational, liberal arts college in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, in the United States.

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party active in the middle of the 19th century in the United States.

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William Collins (publisher)

William Collins (12 October 1789–2 January 1853) was a Scottish schoolmaster, editor and publisher who founded William Collins, Sons, now part of HarperCollins.

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William Frederick Havemeyer

William Frederick Havemeyer (February 12, 1804 – November 30, 1874) was a German American businessman and politician of New York who served three times as Mayor of New York City during the 19th century.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Harper_(publisher)

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