. New York state's prominent and progressive men;. ,fiist president of Harvard College, and of Thomas Oakes, cousinof Uriah Oakes, Harvards foiuth president. Their son, RobertHaskins, married Rebecca Emerson, daughter of William Em-erson, a chaplain in the Revolutionary army, and uncle of RalphWaldo Emerson. Thomas Haskins, son of Robert and RebeccaHaskins, married Mary Soren of Boston, and was the grand-father of the subject of this sketch. Charles Waldo Haskins was born in Brooklyn, New York, onJanuary 11,1852, the son of Waldo Emerson Hasldns and AmehaRowan Cammeyer Haskins, his father bein
. New York state's prominent and progressive men;. ,fiist president of Harvard College, and of Thomas Oakes, cousinof Uriah Oakes, Harvards foiuth president. Their son, RobertHaskins, married Rebecca Emerson, daughter of William Em-erson, a chaplain in the Revolutionary army, and uncle of RalphWaldo Emerson. Thomas Haskins, son of Robert and RebeccaHaskins, married Mary Soren of Boston, and was the grand-father of the subject of this sketch. Charles Waldo Haskins was born in Brooklyn, New York, onJanuary 11,1852, the son of Waldo Emerson Hasldns and AmehaRowan Cammeyer Haskins, his father being a broker and hismother a daughter of Charles Cammeyer, a merchant of NewYork. He was educated in private schools and in the BrooklynPolytechnic Institute, and was intended for the career of a civilengineer. PrefeiTing commercial life, however, he obtained em-ployment in 1869 in the accounting department of Frederic But-terfield & Co. of New York. After five years seiwice he wentabroad for two years for study and travel. On his return he 148. CHAELES WALDO HASKINS ^49 entered his fathers broken o-p nffi years. orokeiage office and remained there for some In 1886 he opened an office of hie ^x,.countant, and nine years hterhV T P^^^ ^^P^^^ ac-Ehjah W. Sells, undefthe name of TT T^ ? Partnership withnow has a wide reputa^on twLuTth * f ^^^* «^-one of the largest patronag s fn ttt lU^f ^ ^^^^«engagements include the special pvo ? ^^ ^^^^ess. Its bankers, investors, and large cm^i-aHoT^if^ ^^ ^^^°^^^*« ^rof acco^mts for railroads and llrtZXt 7^ ^^^^^of bookkeeping systems for corporTor T^ -^^*^nicipahties, and, in brief all ^^fj^^^^^j^^mduals, and mu- the New York State laW was passeresTlrr^^^^ ^^-Exammers for the examination of f bn *^^^/«^^^g a Board offied accountants, Mr. H^sk ^ wa rdH .^^^^^^ ^-«-board. He is also president of Tb! M %?? P^^^^dent of the Certified Public AcLuntl In 18^3^. ^^^ ^^^^ ^^partner, to investigate the « p I^?? °^*^°^^^^ bis-nt of the U
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