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Show for Many Years Publisher. Fletcher Harper, a member of the publishing pub-lishing firm 6f Harper & Bros, in New York city, who died recently, was the last surviving son of Fletcher Harper, one of the four -brothers who established es-tablished the bns-iness. bns-iness. Born in 1828, he took a voyage to China before the mast when only 15 years old, spent some time at Co- t . ii lumma coiiezo. made a European rMTCHB HARPEK' trip, served a long apprenticeship with the firm of which his rather was a member, mem-ber, and at the age of 41 succeeded to a partnership. He was a widower and leaves one daughter the wife of Hiram W. 8ibley, of Rochester, N. Y. Five members of the firm of Harper & Bros, now remain Philip J. A. Harper, Har-per, the senior partner, a son of James Harper; Joseph W. Harper, son of J. Wesley Harper; John W. Harper, Joseph Henry, a nephew of Fletcher Harper, and John Harper, son of Joseph Abner Harper, who recently retired. |