Hinsdale genealogy : descendants of Robert Hinsdale of Dedham, Medfield, Hadley and Deerfield, with an account of the French family of De Hinnisdal . jority, bought out Beebesinterest and engaged in the business for himself. He re-moved to Boston, Mass., in 1849, to accept a partnershipwith Mr. Beebe in the dry goods business, and in 1854established the drygoods house of Morton & Grinnell, inNew York City. The firm failed in 1861, and in 1862he established the banking and brokerage house of L. & Co., with Charles W. McCune as partner, andwhen Mr. McCune withdrew in 1863, Mr. Morton es
Hinsdale genealogy : descendants of Robert Hinsdale of Dedham, Medfield, Hadley and Deerfield, with an account of the French family of De Hinnisdal . jority, bought out Beebesinterest and engaged in the business for himself. He re-moved to Boston, Mass., in 1849, to accept a partnershipwith Mr. Beebe in the dry goods business, and in 1854established the drygoods house of Morton & Grinnell, inNew York City. The firm failed in 1861, and in 1862he established the banking and brokerage house of L. & Co., with Charles W. McCune as partner, andwhen Mr. McCune withdrew in 1863, Mr. Morton estab-lished the London house of Morton, Burns & Co. In1868 George Bliss became a member of the New Yorkhouse, the firm name being changed to Morton, Bliss &Co., and Sir John Rose entered the London house, whichbecame Morton, Rose & Co., the Geneva award of$15,500,000 being paid through this house. The firm wasalso conspicuous for a large sale of New York Centralstock belonging to Cornelius Vanderbilt, to English pur-chasers. The firm of Morton, Bliss & Co. headed thesyndicate formed to fund the national debt in 1896, and. THE OLD MORTON HOUSE AT MIDDLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS. HINSDALE GENEALOGY 413 in 1899 went into voluntary liquidation, and was succeededby the Morton Trust Company. Mr. Morton was a Re-publican representative in the 46th Congress, 1879-81;declined to accept the nomination for Vice-Presidentfrom the Republican National Convention in 1880; wasappointed by President Garfield, United States Minister toFrance in 1881, having declined the position of Secretaryof the Navy in his cabinet. He resigned the French mis-sion in 1885, and returned to New York. He was electedVice-President of the United States on the Republicanticket, with Benjamin Harrison for President, in 1888,serving 1889-93, but was not re-nominated in 1892. Hewas elected Governor of the State of New York in 1894,defeating David B. Hill, the Democratic candidate, by alarge plurality. While governor he signed
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