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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