Nathan Appleton

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Nathan Appleton was a prominent 19th-century American merchant, industrialist, and politician who played a key role in the early textile industry in New England.

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instanceOf businessperson from the United States
human
industrialist
merchant
politician
burialPlace Mount Auburn Cemetery
child Frances Appleton
surface form: Frances Elizabeth Appleton

Thomas Gold Appleton
countryOfBirth United States of America
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1779-10-06
dateOfDeath 1861-07-14
describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
surface form: Encyclopedia Britannica

historical records of the early American textile industry
educatedAt Phillips Exeter Academy
ethnicGroup Yankee
familyName Appleton
fieldOfWork economic policy
industrial development
genre economic history
givenName Nathan
industry cotton manufacturing
textile industry
languageSpoken English
memberOf United States House of Representatives
Whig Party
notableFor advocacy of protective tariffs for American industry
co-founding textile enterprises in Waltham and Lowell, Massachusetts
pioneering integrated textile mills in New England
notableWork Lowell textile mills
surface form: History of the Introduction of the Power Loom and the Origin of Lowell

development of the Waltham-Lowell textile system
occupation industrialist
merchant
politician
textile manufacturer
participantIn early industrialization of New England
placeOfBirth New Ipswich, New Hampshire
placeOfDeath Boston, Massachusetts
positionHeld Member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts
relative Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
religion Unitarianism
residence Boston, Massachusetts
sexOrGender male
spouse Harriet Coffin Sumner
Maria Theresa Gold
workLocation Boston, Massachusetts
Lowell, Massachusetts
Waltham, Massachusetts

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Charles Appleton Longfellow grandfather Nathan Appleton
Lowell textile mills developedBy Nathan Appleton
Frances Appleton relative Nathan Appleton
Boston Associates keyMember Nathan Appleton
Patrick Tracy Jackson collaboratedWith Nathan Appleton
Frances Appleton Longfellow father Nathan Appleton
Thomas Gold Appleton father Nathan Appleton