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  • HarperCollinsJames Harper and his brother John opened a small printing shop in New York City on the 1st of January 1817. They operated under the name J & J Harper before…
  • William Collins, SonsWilliam Collins, a Presbyterian schoolmaster, established a printing firm in Glasgow during 1819. He partnered with Charles Chalmers, the younger brother of…
  • The TimesJohn Walter opened a printing house on the 1st of January 1785 to produce books using the logography patent he had purchased.
  • New York PostAlexander Hamilton established the New-York Evening Post in autumn 1801 with about $10,000 from a group of Federalist investors.
  • Allen & UnwinSir Stanley Unwin purchased a controlling interest in George Allen & Co. on the 4th of August 1914. This transaction merged two firms into what became known…