Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . D. A-ppletc/u Bi. Go. DITSON \)\X 183 cal society, the American oriental society, andother learned societies, and has published Cir-cassia, or a Tour to the Caucasus (New York,1850); Crimora (Boston, 1852); The Para Pa-pers on France, Egypt, and Ethiopia (Paris,1858): The Crescent and French Crusaders(New York, 1859; reissued as Adventures andObservations on the Northern Coast of Africa);and The Federati of Italy (Boston, 1871). Hehas in preparation (1887) a History of Ohio. DITSON, Oliver, publisher, b. in Boston,Mass., 20 Oct., 1811. He was educa
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . D. A-ppletc/u Bi. Go. DITSON \)\X 183 cal society, the American oriental society, andother learned societies, and has published Cir-cassia, or a Tour to the Caucasus (New York,1850); Crimora (Boston, 1852); The Para Pa-pers on France, Egypt, and Ethiopia (Paris,1858): The Crescent and French Crusaders(New York, 1859; reissued as Adventures andObservations on the Northern Coast of Africa);and The Federati of Italy (Boston, 1871). Hehas in preparation (1887) a History of Ohio. DITSON, Oliver, publisher, b. in Boston,Mass., 20 Oct., 1811. He was educated in the Bostonpublic schools, and at the age of thirteen enteredthe service of Samuel II. Parker in the book andmusic business. After ten years he became a part-ner of his former employer, under the firm-nameof Parker & Ditson. They continued together ina small way until 1844, when the senior withdrewfrom the concern, leaving Mr. Ditson to followhis own fortune. In 1856 one of his employees,J. C. Haynes, became interested in the busin
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