The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . This houseis prominent in Wall street, and is particularly wellknown for its daily financial letter to clients andcorrespondents, written by Mr. Gibson. This letter iswidely quoted
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . This houseis prominent in Wall street, and is particularly wellknown for its daily financial letter to clients andcorrespondents, written by Mr. Gibson. This letter iswidely quoted by the press at home and abroad. Is one of the best informed men in Wallstreet on questions of foreign finance; is author of:The Stock Exchanges of London, Paris and NewYork, published in 1889; The Berlin Bourse,The Vienna Bourse, and he has also contributedarticles to vaiious periodicals, such as HarpersMonthly Magazine, American History, Prince-ton Review, Bankers Magazine, etc., and tothe daily newspapers. Mr. Gibson has delivered anumber of financial addresses, notably four beforethe American bankers, and his forensic abilities areinherited from a long line of ancestors,who were law-yers as well as soldiers. He is a Fellow of the RoyalStatistical society, and of numerous clubs and literaryassociations. In 1883 Mr. Gibson married the daugh-ter of Josiali Belden, and has one child—a OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. 249
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