1. William Radde was a bookseller and publisher in New York City from 1837 to 1884.
16 Facts About William Radde
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William Radde was one of the founders of Hahnemann Hospital in New York City in 1869.
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William Radde's career included land development in Brooklyn and Queens, New York; improving land in Potter County, Pennsylvania, for German immigrants; railroad development; and, political service as a New York city Alderman.
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William Radde was in Paris during the revolution of 1830.
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William Radde might be considered a Dreissiger, as he immigrated to America during an 1830s surge in German American immigration.
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In 1833 William Radde left London to join Johann Georg Wesselhoeft in Philadelphia, soon to expand Wesselhoeft's information service for immigrants in New York city and distribute the German language newspaper, first published in 1834.
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William Radde earned a living assisting immigrants, selling Wesselhoeft's newspaper, and importing books.
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In Germany and France, William Radde had worked on academic books for wealthy customers and universities.
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In English language newspapers and periodicals, William Radde advertised his more expensive books.
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William Radde started a retail book business in New York city selling German schoolbooks and hymnals printed in Philadelphia; in 1834, he established his own printing house and published the newspaper ; in the 1840s he printed and imported German books; from 1852 to 1872 he published and edited for the New York State Lutheran Ministerium.
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William Radde was an energetic entrepreneur and philanthropist who did not set up his own printing press in America but rather used skilled local printers.
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William Radde was a member of the German Society of the City of New York from 1839 until at least 1883, during a period when the German Society and other immigrant Societies were trying to assist an influx of immigrants from many nations.
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William Radde did not become an admitted member of the Society until 1839.
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In 1871, William Radde served on the Committee of Seventy to oppose fraud by New York City public officials, and he later served as a member of the board of Aldermen.
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William Radde sent a telegram to Abraham Lincoln on Friday, January 16,1863.
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William Radde married Christina Hoffmann in New York city in 1835; they celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary in 1860.