American publisher and founder of the publishing-house of D. Appleton & Co., New York; born in Haverhill, MA, on the 10th of December 1785; died in New York City on the 27th of March 1849. His first publishing venture was a collection of religious extracts, entitled Daily Crumbs from the Master’s Table, and later, A Refuge in Time of Plague and Pestilence. In 1838 his eldest son, W. H. Appleton, was taken into partnership; in 1848, Daniel Appleton retired, and his second son, John Adams Appleton, became a member of the firm. Subsequently three other sons, Daniel Sidney, George Swett and Samuel Francis, became partners. The publications of the house now extend over the entire field of literature, and it is one of the best-known firms in the world. The present members of the firm are the son, William H., and the grandsons, William Worthen, Daniel and Edward Dale Appleton.
