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John Babcock and Son	John Babcock joined the printing, publishing and bookselling firm of his father Elisha Babcock in Hartford, Connecticut in 1795, and the firm soon began to use the imprint of John Babcock. From 1811 the firm moved to New Haven and became known as John Babcock and Son. The firm ceased publishing around 1824. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 31.	2009
John Bioren	John Bioren began his publishing career with the firm of Mountford, Bioren and Company in Philadelphia in 1794. In 1795 he went into partnership with Patrick Madan to form Bioren and Madan, and from 1797 he traded under his own name only. Bioren died in 1835 and his firm went out of business. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 52.	2009
John H. Hopkins and Son	John H. Hopkins founded his publishing firm in New York in 1934. Hopkins died in July 1939, and the firm had gone out of business by the time his son Irving G. Hopkins entered the army in 1942. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 191.	2008
John Kenedy and Son	John Kenedy founded his publishing firm in Baltimore in 1826. In 1838 the business moved to New York. John Kenedy died in 1866. The firm was then run by his son Patrick John Kenedy, first as P. J. Kenedy (1866-1904) and then as P. J. Kenedy and Sons. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), pp. 237-239, and see the FOB entry for P. J. Kenedy and Sons.	2009
John W. Luce and Company	John W. Luce and Company was a small publishing house founded in Boston in 1904. It was briefly first known as Robinson, Luce Company. The firm was involved in the founding of Bruce Humphries (q.v.) but subsequently resumed publishing in its own name. John W. Luce and Company ceased publishing new titles in 1947, and the firm went out of business shortly afterwards. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), pp. 73 & 214.	2008
John West Folsom	The publishing firm of Draper and Folsom was founded in Boston in 1778 by Edward Draper and John West Folsom. The partnership ended in 1783 and the firm continued as John West Folsom until it closed in 1801. Folsom died in 1825. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 164.	2009
Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith	The firm of Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith was established in New York in 1929, largely but not entirely as a US publisher of Jonathan Cape's British titles. Harrison Smith left the firm in 1931, and it went out of business in 1932. "Its assets were put into receivership and were liquidated within a year." See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), pp. 75-77.	2008
Jonathan Page and Company	Jonathan Page and Company was the name given to the firm founded by Jonathan Cape in 1919 (Page being his mother's maiden name). In 1921 Jonathan Page and Company disappeared and was replaced by Jonathan Cape Ltd. See the FOB entry for Jonathan Cape.	2008
Joseph Aibl	Joseph Aibl founded his music publishing firm in Munich in 1825. In 1904 the firm was acquired by Universal Edition. See 'Music printing and publishing' / edited by D. W. Krummel and Stanley Sadie (1990) and www.uemusic.at.	2007
Joseph Nancrede	The bookselling and publishing firm of Hall and Nancrede was founded in Boston in 1795 by Thomas Hall and Joseph Nancrede. By 1796 the firm was known as Joseph Nancrede. Joseph Nancrede went out of existence in 1804. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 332.	2013

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