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  2. Religious Tract Society - Wikipedia

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    The Depository of the Religious Tract Society at 56 Paternoster Row, opened in 1844. [1] Merged into: 1935 () ... University of Chicago Press, 2004, 432 pages.

  3. Paternoster Row - Wikipedia

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    Paternoster Row is a street in the City of London that was a centre of the London publishing trade, [1] [2] with booksellers operating from the street. [3] Paternoster Row was described as "almost synonymous" with the book trade. [4] It was part of an area called St Paul's Churchyard. In time Paternoster Row itself was used inclusively of ...

  4. John Van Voorst - Wikipedia

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    John Van Voorst was born in Highgate on 15 February 1804, to a family of Dutch descent. [1] He served a six-year apprenticeship in Wakefield from the age of 16 before returning to London to work for publishers Longman, Green, Orme, Hurst & Co. [1] [2] He set up his own business in Paternoster Row in 1833.

  5. Charles Taze Russell - Wikipedia

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    The Society was incorporated in 1884, with Russell as president, and in 1886 its name was changed to Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society. In 1908, Russell transferred the headquarters of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society to Brooklyn , New York where it remained until 2016, when it was relocated to Warwick, New York .

  6. George Robinson (bookseller) - Wikipedia

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    In about 1763 he and a friend, John Roberts, went into business in Paternoster Row as booksellers. In setting himself up in business, Robinson had the support of Thomas Longman, "who liberally, and unasked, offered him any sum, on credit, that might be wanted". [3] His partner, Roberts, died about 1776. [2]

  7. An American cultural revolution is killing cookie cutter ...

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    At its outset, Pulte seized on a popular trend: suburban tract housing, informally known as the cookie-cutter neighborhood. The undisputed pioneer of this type of housing was Abraham Levitt, whose ...

  8. Sampson Low - Wikipedia

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    The firm removed in 1867 to 188 Fleet Street, in 1887 to St. Dunstan's House, Fetter Lane, and subsequently to Paternoster Row. The firm issued works by authors such as William Black , William Henry Boulton , ECR Lorac , [ 5 ] Julius Mendes Price , Nikolay Przhevalsky , Henry Morton Stanley , and Jules Verne .

  9. New thrift store coming to renovated Fairview Heights building

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    The application to the City of Fairview Heights for a special use permit states that the new store will employ 15-20 full and part-time staff. Beamguard said they will hire up to 20 people ...