of 54'' 40' ; Ml". Batks, who had studied the whole subject
v<Tv thorouiihlv, circulated among the members of Parlia-
mf-nl. and his English fi-iends, the very candid and able pam-
phlet of Mr. William Stfugis, of Boston, Avho had devoted
sonic years to the investigation of the question, and had
exphired the Norlhwest region in person. When Commis-
hioners were ap]»oiiiied by the two countries, to settle the
iMMitroversy ami formulate a treaty, Mr. Bates was, at
tlieir joint request, a})pointed umpire, and his decision w^as
jiccepted without liesitalion and incor2:)orated in the treaty.
To Ills wise ncliftn we owe our possession of the Columl)ia
River in all its course, and ihc magnilicent territory of
NN'.i'hitigton. ^^ooll to Ite a. State.
In the Northeastein Boundaiy question, settled by the
AMiiMirr«»N treaty .J August 9, 1842, Lord Asiibukton,
formerly a TMeinbei- of \\w. house of Baiiino Bhotiiehs &
Co.. wii.s IJH' lending Commissioner on one side, and
I»\mi-:l Wkhstkk, then Secretary of State, on the other;
!i wen* warm jK'isonal friends of Mr. Bates, (as was
our then Minifster, the Jlon. Aimorr Lawkence,) and all
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cairie to liiiri for the liistory and geograpliy of the boun-
dary, wliich lie imdHrstood })etter than anyone else, and
tlicii- final agre^'iiieiit was on the lines he had marked ont.
In iclation to his friendly action to us in the time of our
civil war, the conclusion of which he did not live to see, Ave
cannot <'xi>ress more fully the greatness of our obligations
to hiiM, than l)y (j noting two of the eloquent resolutions
adoj)t('(l unanimously by the Chamber of Commerce, at the
nu'cling on the occasion of his death; these resolutions
were offered by Joiix A. Stevens, and seconded by James
Biiowx :
llesoli'dh That this Chamber recognizes with cheerful-
ness, the long and able services given as fiscal agents of the
I'nited States, by the firm of which Mr. Bates was a mem-
ber, and especially acknowledges the liberal, timely and
valuable aid rendered to the Government, in its large
transactions during the present rebellion, to all of Avhich
^Ir. J3ATES, as senior partner, gave his personal assistance
and influence.
llciolced, furlJier, That not alone, or chiefly for what is
already set forth, will the name of Joshua Bates be held
in dear and grateful remembrance by all loyal Americans,
but for tliat, in this our mortal struggle for national life, he
has stood forth, with few around him, unwavering, un-
shaken, steadfast in his fidelity to his native country, un-
changed and unseduced by aristocratic associations, or the
blandishments of great wealth and power ; a true supporter
always of the integrity of the United States, and faithful
to the cause of human liberty and progress among all
nations.
We may add, what is not, perhaps, generally known,
that to his influence over Napoleon III., Avho was under
great jiersonal obligations to him and his house, is due the
abandonment of Xapoleox's intention of declaring war
against us in 1862. The Emperor had three grievances
against us: our refusal to recognize Maximilian, our cap-
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nii-eof (he Coiifetlerate Commissioners, and the placing of
th«' Count i)K r.MMs upon General McClellak's staff;
and it required all Mr. Bates' skill and iutluence, to dis-
su:i(h' him from hoh^tile action, but he sncceeded.
It wjis natural that Boston, the place of his early busi-
ness training, and Massachusetts, the State of his birtli,
should receive si»ecial gifts, as evidences of his affection ;
and so we lind him founding the Boston Public Library by
the gift of $100, 000 in money and choice books, and in
many other ways manifesting his regard for that city ; but
his heart was too large, and his philanthropy and patriotism
too deep and broad, to be confined witliin State lines. His
rnrecr was marked l)y comparatively few afflictions ; lie
lost liis only son, a young man of great promise, in 1834,
l)y the accidental discharge of a fowling piece ; and the
dcaih of his wife, to whom he was most tenderly attached,
which occurred nearly thirty years later, was thought by
his friends to have hastened his own. He died September
"JUhy 1804, at New Lodge, near London, England, in the
7(t!li year of his age. Only one child, a daughter, survived
him.
PETER COOPER.
Tiiisdistingui^lifil i incut or, inL'rch:iutandx)hilanthropist,
^M» well Un(»wn lliioiighont the land, was born February
I'ilh, IT'.M, in \\li:ii w:is then <alled Little Dock-street, now
W'.-itcr-streel. n<':ir Coenties Slip, in this city. His mother
was horn on the site \\h«'i-e St. Paul's Church no-vv stands, at
tlie junction of IhoadwMv and \'esey-street. Both parents
Wfif devout peoj.jr. imd belonged to the Methodist Church.
Ills nn(«-rnal ;:i;indrMiIi.'r wns Deputy Quartermaster-
(ieneral ill the \\':ir<»r ilic li,-\ (.hit ion. and his own father
w.'x'A Li.'utenant in the Army at tliiit time. The early
••'bi'"ilion of Pi;ti;i: C >i:i: wiisvery iiid ike that which his
lil-rditv has ])rovided r.,r many young men of to-day. At
^1" •''' 'lie war his father began the manufacture
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of lints in tills city, nn«l suoreeded in amassing a small
J'oiiiiij.-. jiefom Pi/iKij was eight years of age the father
iiiovi'd If) I'cekskill, where he esta])lished a hat-factory and
sMiall stoir-. 'i'liis hiisin^'ss he sold soon afterwards, and
1lif-ii «'rign gcd ill the Viewing of ale. From this he took to
hrick-niakingat Catskill. but as this proved unsuccessful, he
rt'iiiovcd his raiiiily to i^rooklyn, wliere a brewery was again
trit'd, hut without success, and the family once more started
f(U- tht! slidies (»r the Hudson, where, at Xewburg, the father
soon estal)lishcd another brewery, which, owing chiefly to
the exertions (»f Phtku, was made ai)artial success. Petee
was then 10 years old. In 1808 he left his father's roof
for N<'w-Yoi-k, intending to begin business as a brewer,
l/iclv of riinds i)i'evented him from carrying out his X)lans,
Mini he, therefore, ai)prenticed himself to Jonx. Wood-
WAUO, a carriage-maker. Forlive years, the termforwhich
he w.is bound, he received ^2.") per year and board. He
was a close student, while other apprentices neglected
their o]ipoitunities. When, therefore, his apprenticeship
expired he was a very prohcient workman, and the
appreciation of his master was manifested by an offer to fit
up a shop on the Bowery for him, and permit him to imy
Tor it when he was a])le. This offer Mr. Cooper declined,
on the ground that he did not like to begin life by l)ur-
dening himself with debt. He, therefore, left the coach-
making business, went to Hempstead, Long Island, and
there worked at sl..-)() a day for a man who was making
a machine for shearing cloth. This was in 1812. In 1813
he married Miss Sakati Bedell. At this time he had
sav«'d sutlicient funds to enable him to purchase the right
to manufacture a patent cloth-shearing machine. In this
he was successful. His inventive power and his close ap-
l)lication now began to produce results ; for at this period
lie perfected a very important improvement in this ma-
chine. Commerce with England was stopped for some
time by the war, and Mr. Cooper realized a large profit
in his business ; but when the Avar closed the demand
for his machine ceased, and he sold the patent to Matthew
Vassar, the founder of Vassar College.
IJ^S I'oK'l 1:a1 1' GALLERY.
Mr. Cooi'Ki; :u tliis time made his first important
v.Mitur.' in ival estate in this city, by securing a twenty-
years' lease "f i\\() liouses and six lots, where the Bible
iloiisr iK.w stands (opposite the Cooper Union); and
li.T.' li.' iM'tran tlie grocery business, and built four large
woodfii (l\v<'lliiig-li()uses. Shortly after, he purchased a
;:lu<'-faci«iry. wUh all its l)uildings and stock, and a
l««a.s«'li<»ld right t»r iwriiiy-one years of the site upon which
it sto<.d. in til.' ()]i\ :Middle Road, now Fourth Avenue,
iM'tween 31si mid :Uili streets. This proved to be the
foiindatiuji nf iIk- huge fortune which Petek Coopek
HO lK)n<'stly earned, and a large portion of which he so
pliilanthiiipically s]tent. "Cooper's glue" soon became
faiiuHis, and was of Itetter quality than the imported
product, lit' also manufactured whiting, prepared chalk
and isinglass. When his lease expired, Mr. Cooper
was <-onsid«Med a wealthy man. He built a commodious
fa«-tory on .Maspcth Avenue, Brooklyn, and there con-
tiniKMl the m:inufacture of glue, until he reached his
right ietli year.
Mr. ('<>opkh's si!r])liis caj)ital was invested in various
\\:i\ !!•' could command almost unlimited credit.
Evt-rvbodv knrw him. and had coniidence in his ability,
«'nt«'rprisc and integrity, in lS-28, Avith others, who after-
wanls jirovcd to l»c ii responsible, Mr. Cooper purchased
three thousand acres of hnid within the limits of the City
of IJaliimore. All the imrchase-numey was found by Mr.
Coopi.i:. Hy t Ids I r:iiisiclion he secured the whole of the
nhon* line d' P,:dtiniore, \'vu\\\ FelTs Point Dock, for a
distan<-e of three nnjes. The mnnufacture of charcoal ii'on
then Itegiiii I., .iigiii.re h is :i 11 . Mi 1 ]( ,ii, ;i)i(l li,. erected a number
of l.-jige kihis and :i Inrue nF novel (h'sign nnd constructi(m.
This j.roperiv he sohl in :i Boston iirm, and the Canton
I>:iiul Coiiijiany \\:is then est^iblished, ]\Ir. Cooper taking a
I:irg«']Mirti«.ii of his ).:iy in ^liH'.k. The stock of the Company
.'ippn'riat«'(l in value s., mpidly that Mr. Cooper was
♦•nal.led to .sell his poith.n : so tiiat his Baltimore invest-
ment, ;jft«'rall, ]troved a ]i:iying one.
He built ;tTi iiMuniill in 34th street, in this city, but
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in 1H.10 removed liis business to Trenton, N. J., at wliicli
pliicc he i'vrcA('i\ wliiit wjis, at that time, one of tlie largest
rollinir-iiijll.s ill America. Here lie first introduced tlie
Mi'iniiractiire of ii-on beams for fire-proof buildings. He
\v;is tin* lirst to iipply antliracite coal to iron-puddling.
i>l;ist-furnaces w«m(' jiIso built by him at Pliillipsburg,
Ne\v-,Iei-sey, ;iii<l rolling mills, and wire-works, connected
u it !i mining oj)erations in other parts of Pennsylvania and
JVicw-.Ieisey.
Mr. Codi'Kifs iuvcntivo mind was continually at work.
In IS:{0 lie built :i locomotive to demonstrate the feasi-
bility of iiiuiiiiig tr;iins round objectionable curves, and
bi'l'orc this Jiiid inv«*nted an endless chain for the towing
of bonts on the cimnls. For nearly a quarter of a century
l'i;iKi; ('ooi'i:ii \v;is a meml)er of the Chamber of Com-
miTcr. ;i!i(| \v;is Ik luored by all liis associates in the Chamber
;is :i. successful merclnmt and philanthropic citizen. For
twenty years he wns President of the American Tele-
graph Company, and was at its head when it controlled
morr than half of all the lines in the country. He
also owned a large amount of stock in, and was President
of, the Xew-York, Newfoundland and London Telegraph
C(»mpauy. His money and iniluence were also at the
command of the promoters of the laying of the Atlantic
(^able. Cykus AV. Field, the prime mover in this great
proj(M-t. was ably supported by Mr. Cooper during all the
ti-ying vicissitudes of that great enterprise.
The benevolent schemes of Peter Cooper have been
so fully recorded thtit a passing reference to them will
suffice here. The Cooper Union— that grand legacy to the
students of science and art— is one of his great gifts, which
will make his name known to future generations. Denied
of educational privileges himself, he was determined to
devoti- t!ie savings of his life, if necessary, to the establish-
m Mit of an Institute which should give to the poor an
opportunity of securing that scientilic knowledge which in
after vears" th-v could put into practical use. The Cooper
Unio/i was be-un in IS.-).'), and in 1S57 the building was
transferred bv its founder to the Trustees. The Institute
150 I'nirniAIT GALLEKY.
cost ,^03(1.220. Ill 1S8-J Miioihcr story was added, at a cost
fif ovpr $1<M ».(!(« ». and Mr. ("<h»i'KK also made a special en-
(lowmcni of s:?:>(i.(ioo for the support and increase of the
fi>'.* reading room and library. It is unnecessary liere to
♦•xi.lain tlic ndvanta.ii-es this noble institution offers, beyond
Htntin/ithal its sco])(' has l)een so enlarged as to provide for
fii'p courses in Natural Philosopliy, Chemistry, English
Lilenitnn'. Klietoi-ic and Kh)cution. and many other useful
bninch<'< of h-aruing. including Art Schools for men and
women.
In 1870 Pktkk ('ooi'i;i: was the nominee of the JsTational
Indei.en<leHl ] .a ri y for Pi-esident of the United States, and
coiidiiioiially accei»t('d the nomination. He was also a
proiiioier of anti-mono]toly measures. His views on the
furn'ncy (juestion are well known. They were never very
poitulai-. Ilis o|tinions on many economic subjects were
rullated jusi jirioi' to his death and issued in book form.
Mr. ("odi'Ki: di.Ml in tliis City, April 4th, 1883, in the
'XU\ ye:ir of Iiis age. universally and sincerely mourned
l>v all. Ilis wife di.'d in ])eceml)er, 1800. Six children
wore born \n ili.ni. luii loui' died earlv in life. The Hon.
Kn\vAiM» CofHM.i:. l-'x-.Mayoi- of the City, and Sarah
Amki.m. ill-' wife (.f the Hon. Ahram S. Hkwitt, are the
two surviving uMiubers of the family.
.iniJN DAVID WOLFE.
.luiiN I) will WoM r. was 1)1)111 ill tliis City, July24tli,
1"1»'J. His grandfallK-r, bearing the same name, was a
nnlivj* of Saxony, and eniignLted to this country in the
enrly i>:irt of the eighteenth century, and died here in
IT."'.', leaving f(»ur ••hildien. tlir .Idest of wliom was David
Wi.i.KK, the father..!' ilie subject of lliis sketch. David
Woi.FK passed nearly the wholr of his long life of
â– ' 'ty-eight years, on l-\iir street, (now known as Fulton-
b<'lw«-en William ajid Nassau streets, until the
v. .■••iiing of that tli«»roughfai'e caused his removal to
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jiiiotlif'i* section ol' the City. David Wolfe took an
activ(j i)ait in iha «^ntiie AVar of the Revolution, and
at the ontbi-i^ik he was appointed by the Committae
of Safety, iMnh'i' authority of the Provincial Congress,
Captain *>[' the militia company of foot in tlie City of New-
York, on heat desci-ibed by the City Committee as "beat
Numlicr i:i," and served for several years as Assistant-
Qnaitermaster of Washington's army. He was noted for
the earnestness and promptness in the discharge of his
diiti<'s, for which (pialities he was highly complimented by
(jleneral Timothy Pkkeuino, his superior officer. After
the close of the wai\ David WoLFE engaged in the hard-
Avare trade. After a successful career he retired from busi-
ness in ISIG, and was succeeded by his son, Joiix David
W'oi.i'F, who for a short time was in partnership with his
consin, undei* the iirm name of C. & J. D. Wolfe ; after-
wards, until ilie close of his business career, Avas asso-
ciati'd with .Iapiiet Bishop, who married Mr. AVolfe's
sister. The Jii'ni then was known as W^olfe & Bishop,
and their place of business Avas at the corner of Maiden
Dane and Gold-street. Mr. Wolfe Avas one of the
founders of the Chemical Bank and alAA^ays a Director
in that instituticm. He was also one of tlie earliest Di-
reeiors of the Hudson River Railroad Company.
Mr. Wolfe retired from active business in 1842, having
acipiired a large foi-tune, Avhich AA-as afterwards augmented
by judicious iuA'estments in real estate in this City. His
life was thei-eafter devoted to charitable and philanthropic
enteri)rises, to Avhich lie gave largely of his means, and
aided by i)ersonal labor to make them a success. He was
a devoted member of the Protestant Episcopal Church,
and for several years a Vestryman of Trinity Church,
afterwards a Vestryman, and, at the time of his death.
Senior Warden of Grace Church.
He Avas President of the Prison Association of New-
York, A'ice-President of the Society of the New- York
Hospital, Vice-President of the NeAV-York xVssociation for
Improving the Condition of the Poor, Vice-President of
the Society for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled,
i:.-.> rOinUAIT GALLEEY.
and nil officer in other associations and societies having
f(.r I heir object the niornl :iiul religious elevation of the
people.
John Dan ii> AVolfe was a man of great benevolence,
and his benefactions were as free from ostentation as they
wen- far-reaching in their results. He never did anything
pcnnrionsly. If lie had pet charities, they did not shut
out the chiims of others upon his benevolence. Childhood
in i>articu]ar received from him personal attention. Several
of the great cities of the West are largely indebted to him
ft»r their early educational advantages.
Mi-. \\'"'I.i i; w;is a patron of the various libraries and
in.'-lilutions of iiiie arts of this City. He was one of the
founders, and a generous contributor to the American
Museum <if Xatural History, and was its President at the
time of liis (h^ath. The Historical Society was his special
beneficiary. :uid he alwnys took an active interest in its
a(T:iirs.
Mr. Woi.i i; was for many years a member of the
Chamber of Commerce, lie died in this City, May 17th,
1872, ill the eightieth vear of his aoe.
II« h'ft but one child, Miss CATnAEiNE Loeillaed
WoLFK, recently deceased, who inherited not only his
«• ilire furliMie, bill his i^ciieroiis impulses, as her large and
niimeroiits chaiilies abiiiulantly i)rove. Her munificent
^rift lo the Metro]»olitan Mus(Mim of Ait of her entire <^-
lection of m(t<lern i)aiiiliims has i)laced within the reach of
all <nir cili/eiis, art treasiiics that will for ages preserve the
iiieni»»r> «»f the d(»nor.
Wiih this lu.ble gift. Miss W'oi.iK set apart the sum of
two hundivd tlioiisand dollars, the income of which is to
he r'.\pended by ilir i;..:iiil of Trustees for the care and
j»r«'srrvalion of the col!ecti..ii. ;iih1 ['i,\- lunkiiig such addi-
tions theivto, from lime to time, as the Trustees should
deem approi)riate.
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BENJAMIN B. SHERMAN.
Bkn'jamin BoitDKX Shkrmax wns born in Slirewslniry-
fown, Moiiriioiitli (Joiinty, New-Jersey, November 8th, 1810.
His boyliood w;is spent at Eiitontown, to which place his
pjircnls i('iiiov«'(I a year after young SiiEiniAN's birth.
He ;ilf«*n(l<M| the (Quaker school near that town, and was
ln'oni^'lif iij) in llie (junker faith. At the age of thirteen he
coniincnccd to study medicine, ))ut ill health led to the
iil>;ind(»nnH*iit of his studies.
in J8*JS, wlifii «'ighteen years old, Mr. Siieemax came to
Nrw-Vorl\. and fonnd employment as clerk with Ciiaiiles
iV OwKN Waimh;!.!.. wholesale grocers, at 45 and 47 Front-
street, in \Ki:i lie formed a partnership with Cornelius
McCooN, and in ISI-J (Ieorge C. Collins was admitted to
llie (iini. In IS47 Mv. McCoox retired, and in 1861 Mr.
Col. I. INS also wiilidrew, when Mr. Sherman took three of
liis clerks into partnership, and the firm of Sherman,
'iV\i,iM\N tV Co. was formed. In 1864 Mr. Sherman
retired from the wholesale grocery business, after an
exi)erience of thirty-six years. His high standing and
i-ipe expei-ienee often led merchants to call upon him to
decide disputed matters, and act as referee.
On January 1, 18()."), Mr. Sherman became Treasurer of
the New- York Steam Sugar Ketinery, succeeding B. R.
McIf.vaixe. For years he had also been connected with
t he baiddng interests of the City. On September 16, 1846,
he was elected a director of the Merchants' Bank ; and on
Afay *i7, 18:)9, was made A'ice-President. He was also a
director in the :Metropolitan Bank from 1851 to 1858. But:
his best known labors in the financial world were in con-
nection with the Mechanics' Bank, of which institution he
was elected President, January 1, 1874, succeeding Shep-
HKKi) KxARP. Inder Mr. Sherman s management, the
bank prospered, ami fully maintained the high character
it had b(U-ne under the management of his predecessor. In
1 85 1 the Roval Insurance Company of Liverpool established
a branch office in this City, aud Mr. Sherman became one
IT)! POirrilAIT GALLERY.
of its directors and a trustee. lie was prominent in the
<.i-i-ani/.:ifi()n of tlie Central Ti'ust Company of Kew-York,
wliirli was cliartenMl in .Tilly, 187."). and served as a member
of its Kxecutive C(miinitt(M' until the day of his death. He
was also a director of the .Afutual Life Insurance Company
for many years.
Wliile Mr. Siikumax never entered actively into politics,
he endeavored to fullil the duties of a public-spirited citizen
in municipal and national Mlfairs. AVhen the rebellion broke
out, he was an uncompromising advocate of national unity,
and was an «.iiisi»okeii ^^ll[)p()rt<n• of the (xovernment. He
aided actively iu the organization of the Union League
Club, and was one of its most energetic members until
thf* ('lose of the war.
II«' lortk a great interest in the charitable institutions of
this City. :ind gave largely towards their support. He was
one of iJK' founders of the Ibmie for Incurables, at Ford-
luini. N. \'.. :ind served as its Vice-President. He was Vice-
Pi- ^ident of the .luvenile Asylum, and of the New- York
S(»riety foi' the I^revention of Cruelty to Children, and a
Director in the !•">.• niid Ear Infirmary, in the Peabody
lloiiic, :ind Treasurer of St. John's Guild.
.\llhough bidught n]> in the Quaker faith, Mr. Siieeman,
on his lirst <'oniing to IS«nv-York, attended St. Paul's
Cluircli, and when (TraceChuich was estahlished he became
a reguhir atten(h-int there. Subsequently he was appointed
a Vestryman and Waiuh-n.
.Mr. Snr.iiM.w was eh-cted :i m('m1)t'r of the Chamber of
C<»niinei. • ,\|;iy 1. \^')'J. :iud always showed an interest in
its jiflTairs, and at limes took ])art in its deliberations.
In the rjirly pari of l)eceml)er. 1SS2, Mr. Sherman's
health became greatly iMi]»aired, ami he shortly afterwards
r<'si;rne<l tlie Picsiilency of ihe Mccii.-inics' National Bank.
Although his health was never fully restored, he still
coMlJMuerl l<» take .'lu Jutei-esl In the vaiious institutions of
which he was a niembei-. ;ind was able to attend their
in«H'tings until his death. He died suddenly in this City,
on Mav 'Jd. b^s.'), in th.> s..\ .mh v-lifth year of his age.
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PRESERVED FISH.
I*i:i:si:i:vi:i) Fisir wns born in the village of Portsmouth,
nhoiU' Islimd, .Inly :}<!, 170G, and died in New-York City,
.Inly !:^:{d, ]}^-4<;, in tlif Slst year of his age. His father bore
tli<' ji;ini»* of l'i:i:si;i:vEj)Fisir, and -was a descendant of the
iliigiKMiols. Jle was a blacksmith l)y trade, and brought
ii)) his son to tlie anvil until the age of fourteen, when he
aiii»i«'ntic«'d liim to a fainier. A farm life did not suit the
liigli sj)iiil«Ml boy, and soon after we find him on board
a whaling vessel, bound for the Pacific. Storm and
tc'inix'st liad no terroi-s for liim, and he had so mastered
tin' ail of inivigation that, at the age of twenty-one, he
w;is made Ca})tain. ile commanded a number of vessels,
ninl, by s1mvw<Iih'ss and tireless energy, accumulated a
fdihint'. Il<' knew no fear, and once, when his vessel
spiling a h-alv, and the crew, on the verge of mutiny,
(Nniandi'd liis ivinrn f(» the nearest port, he refused to
yi«'I(I, and eventually bronght his shij:* and cargo of oil
safe to their destination.
Cajitain I'^isii left the sea in 1810, and settled in
New-Hedfoid as a shipiiing merchant. Cok^sELius Grix-
NKi.i. was his ]t::itiiei\ and the firm was known as Fisir &
(ii.MXNKi.i.. Tliiongh some political disagreement he left
!New-]?edfoid, selling his house and effects at less than
lialf tlieir cost. In two weeks after he was settled on a
farm ai l-'lushing. L. 1., which he had purchased in order to
devote himself to agricultural pursuits. He afterwards sold
his farm and came to New- York, where he was appointed
Harbor Master. Hei-e he became active in politics, and
quite a nnmber of lucrative positions were offered to
him. all (•f which, however, he steadily refused. In 1815
he ft)rmed a i^artnershij) with Joseph Gkixnell, and as
Fish A: Gihn.nki.l the firm did a large business. This
liouse was among the first to establish a regular line of
Liverpool packets, their ships varying from 340 to 3S0