Francis Street (Dublin)
Francis Street may refer to: * Francis Scott Street (1831–1883), co-owner of Street & Smith publishing company in New York City * Francis Street (cricketer) (1851–1928), English cricketer {{hndis, Street, Francis ...
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Francis Scott Street
Francis Scott Street (October 20, 1831 – April 15, 1883), with partner Francis Shubael Smith were the owners of Street & Smith publishing company in New York City. New York Dispatch He was born in New York City in 1831, but moved to New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1844 to work for a grocer. In 1849 he went to work as a bookkeeper for Amos J. Williamson, the publisher of the '' New York Dispatch'', a weekly newspaper. Street teamed up with Francis Shubael Smith, then an editor at the Dispatch in 1855 when they bought a failing magazine together. They then bought the '' New York Dispatch Weekly'' in 1858 for $40,000. The sum was to be paid to Williamson over 5 years. Street and Smith were able to increase circulation, and at the time it became one of the most widely circulated New York City weekly newspapers. Marriage Francis married Susan E. Potts (1836-1883), daughter of Abram and Elizabeth Potts, around 1858 and they lived in Greenpoint in Brooklyn in 1860. Susan died on J ...
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