Valentine's manual of the city of New York, 1917-1918 . house,and by the time the building was completed No. 32 Bondstreet was packed with books from basement to garret. The first resident of No. 33 Bond street was one ofNew Yorks famous old merchants, Benjamin F. Lee,who came from 61 Murray street in 1831. As we haveseen, he was at one time a partner of Thomas Lord ofNo. 32 Bond street, in the firm of Lord and Lees, butin 1831 his partner was Paul Rabcock, the firm namebeing Lee & Babcock. Their place of business was at50 Exchange place. The fire of 1835 destroyed thisbuilding, but Lee and B
Valentine's manual of the city of New York, 1917-1918 . house,and by the time the building was completed No. 32 Bondstreet was packed with books from basement to garret. The first resident of No. 33 Bond street was one ofNew Yorks famous old merchants, Benjamin F. Lee,who came from 61 Murray street in 1831. As we haveseen, he was at one time a partner of Thomas Lord ofNo. 32 Bond street, in the firm of Lord and Lees, butin 1831 his partner was Paul Rabcock, the firm namebeing Lee & Babcock. Their place of business was at50 Exchange place. The fire of 1835 destroyed thisbuilding, but Lee and Babcock had moved to 54 Williamsstreet the year before. Benjamin F. Lees wife wasthe celebrated beauty Jane Lawrence, daughter of JohnLawrence. She was the subject of the painting knownas The White Plume, by Charles Cromwell Ingham,one of the founders of the National Academy of F. Lee was one of the pioneers in the manu-facture of vulcanized rubber under the Goodyear patentsand made a fortune in that business. He lived in Bond [ as I. Fifth Avenue, 1834, north from the Union League Club, prior to the adventof the present business buildings. street only two years, moving in 1833 to 4 Lafayetteplace. No. 33 was next taken by Mrs. Amelia Staples, widowof John Staples. In 1832 she was living in Eighthavenue near Sixteenth street. William J. Staples, appar-ently her son, and his partner William M. Clarke in thefirm of Staples and Garke, merchants, of 12 Exchangeplace, lived with her. Her name is not found in thedirectories after 1852. The first occupant of No. 34 Bond street seems tohave been Richard T, Auchmuty, who came from 16Leroy place about 1834. His son, also named RichardT., born in 1833, was the founder of the New YorkTrade Schools. From 1837 to 1843 No. 34 was theresidence of James Boyd, a merchant, of 21 South 1836 he lived at 70 Greenwich street. In 1844 Bond street was taken by George W. Bruen, aprominent figure in the business and financi
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