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Collier (PETER FENELON an American)

PETER FENELON, an American publisher and philanthropist, born in County Carlow, Ireland, 1849.

He removed with his parents to the United States, settling in Cincinnati, and his formal education was completed in St. Mary Seminary in that city. He began his business career in New York City early in the seventies, selling books from door to door. He purchased in 1882, for a small sum, a complete set of