A history of the New York Swamp . , 1897. His son, Charles , is a director and hide buyer for the leathercompany. He resembles his illustrious grandfatherin more ways than one. He lives in Gramercy Parkwith his wife and six children, four boys and twogirls. The record of the Lee family for almost acentury has been kept high up among the noblestof the trade. JACOB one has said that there never was a poorLorillard. The family are chiefly known as suc-cessful tobacconists, but in the last century a Loril-lard was a tanner in New York, and his youngerbrother and apprentice, is
A history of the New York Swamp . , 1897. His son, Charles , is a director and hide buyer for the leathercompany. He resembles his illustrious grandfatherin more ways than one. He lives in Gramercy Parkwith his wife and six children, four boys and twogirls. The record of the Lee family for almost acentury has been kept high up among the noblestof the trade. JACOB one has said that there never was a poorLorillard. The family are chiefly known as suc-cessful tobacconists, but in the last century a Loril-lard was a tanner in New York, and his youngerbrother and apprentice, is the subject of this Lorillard grew up to be one of tlie richestmen in the leather trade. He began business about1800 with $3,000, most of which was a loan fromhis two brothers. In 1812 he lived at No. 14 andhis store was No. 16 Ferry street. Mr. Lorillardstocked many tanneries, that is, furnished the hidesto tan on contract. He went to Northampton,Mass., early in the present century to see the new JACOB LORILLARD. 61. JACOB LORILLARD. sole leather roller invented by William it he said : It covers a multitude of sins,and ordered several for his tanneries. This rollingmachine (the same now in use) and the bark millinvented by William Tobey, of Hudson, N. Y.,about the same time, were very valuable improve-ments in sole leather tanning. In 1820 Mr. Loril-lard paid taxes on $600,000 worth of property. Hewas president of the Mechanics Bank for manyyears. He owned 109 valuable lots of real estate,of which several were in the Swamp. When he re- 62 HISTORY OF THE SWAMP. tired from business in 1834 Gideon Lee and othermerchants in the Swamp went to his house, cornerof Hudson and Laight streets, and presented himwith a soHd set of silverware suitably inscribed. Hedied September 30, 1838, and left four daughters,but no son to perpetuate his name. In 1830 JacobLorillard built the store standing now on the north-west corner of Ferry and Cliff streets. It was fa
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