Captains of Industry; or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money

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James Parton. Captains of Industry; or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money

Captains of Industry; or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money

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PREFACE

PORTRAITS

CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY

DAVID MAYDOLE,

HAMMER-MAKER

ICHABOD WASHBURN,

WIRE-MAKER

ELIHU BURRITT,

The Learned Blacksmith

MICHAEL REYNOLDS,

ENGINE-DRIVER

MAJOR ROBERT PIKE,

FARMER

GEORGE GRAHAM,

CLOCK-MAKER, BURIED IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY

JOHN HARRISON,

EXQUISITE WATCH-MAKER

PETER FANEUIL,

AND THE GREAT HALL HE BUILT

CHAUNCEY JEROME,

YANKEE CLOCK-MAKER

CAPTAIN PIERRE LACLEDE LIGUEST,

PIONEER

ISRAEL PUTNAM

GEORGE FLOWER

PIONEER

EDWARD COLES,

NOBLEST OF THE PIONEERS, AND HIS GREAT SPEECH

PETER H. BURNETT

GERRIT SMITH

PETER FORCE

JOHN BROMFIELD,

MERCHANT

FREDERICK TUDOR,

ICE EXPORTER

MYRON HOLLEY,

MARKET-GARDENER

THE FOUNDERS OF LOWELL

ROBERT OWEN,

COTTON-MANUFACTURER

JOHN SMEDLEY,

STOCKING-MANUFACTURER

RICHARD COBDEN,

CALICO PRINTER

"free trade, peace and good will among nations."

HENRY BESSEMER

JOHN BRIGHT

MANUFACTURER

THOMAS EDWARD,

COBBLER AND NATURALIST

ROBERT DICK,

BAKER AND NATURALIST

JOHN DUNCAN,

WEAVER AND BOTANIST

JAMES LACKINGTON,

SECOND-HAND BOOKSELLER

small profits do great things

HORACE GREELEY'S START

JAMES GORDON BENNETT,

AND HOW HE FOUNDED HIS HERALD

THREE JOHN WALTERS,

AND THEIR NEWSPAPER

GEORGE HOPE

SIR HENRY COLE

CHARLES SUMMERS

WILLIAM B. ASTOR

HOUSE-OWNER

PETER COOPER

PARIS-DUVERNEY

FRENCH FINANCIER

SIR ROWLAND HILL

MARIE-ANTOINE CARÈME,

FRENCH COOK

WONDERFUL WALKER

SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN

SIR JOHN RENNIE,

ENGINEER

SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE

MARQUIS OF WORCESTER,

INVENTOR OF THE STEAM-ENGINE

AN OLD DRY-GOODS MERCHANT'S RECOLLECTIONS

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James Parton

Published by Good Press, 2019

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Of all our manufactures few have had a more rapid development than wire-making. During the last thirty years the world has been girdled by telegraphic wires and cables, requiring an immense and continuous supply of the article. In New York alone two hundred pianos a week have been made, each containing miles of wire. There have been years during which a garment composed chiefly of wire was worn by nearly every woman in the land, even by the remotest and poorest.

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