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1866 establishments in New York (state)

  • Henry Holt and CompanyHenry Holt and Company opened its doors in 1866. Two men named Henry Holt and Frederick Leypoldt started the business together.
  • ValvolineIn the early 1860s, Dr. John Ellis traveled to Titusville, Pennsylvania, a town at the heart of America's new petroleum industry.
  • Cornell University LibraryIn 1865, the Cornell University Library began as a modest collection of 18,000 volumes stored inside Morrill Hall. Andrew Dickson White served as the…