Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . ^ a British war vessel whichnow made its appearance at the mouth of the bay. Philadelphia was reached in due time, and, as the war bade fair to putan end to his voyages, the captain sold the sloop and her cargo, of whichhe was part owner, and, entering a small store in Water street, began thebusiness of a grocer and wine-bottler. His capital was small, his businesstrifling iu extent, and he himself labored under the disadvantage of being. STEPHEN GIRARD. STEPHEN GIRARD. 87 almos
Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . ^ a British war vessel whichnow made its appearance at the mouth of the bay. Philadelphia was reached in due time, and, as the war bade fair to putan end to his voyages, the captain sold the sloop and her cargo, of whichhe was part owner, and, entering a small store in Water street, began thebusiness of a grocer and wine-bottler. His capital was small, his businesstrifling iu extent, and he himself labored under the disadvantage of being. STEPHEN GIRARD. STEPHEN GIRARD. 87 almost unable to speak the English language. In person he was shortand stout, with a dull, repulsive countenance, which his bushy eyebrowsand solitary eye (being blind in the other) made almost hideous. He wascold and reserved in manner, and was disliked by his neighbors, the mostof whom were afraid of him. This man was Stephen Girard, who was afterward destined to play soimportant a part in the history of the city to which the mere chances ofwar sent hima stranger. He was born at Bordeaux, in France, on the 21st of May, 1750, andwas the eldest of the five children of Captain Pierre Girard, a mariner, orsailor, of that city. His life at home was a hard one. At the age of eightyears, he discovered that he was blind in one eye, and the grief which thisdiscovery caused him appears to have soured his entire life. He afterwarddeclared that his father treated him with considerable neglect, and that,while his younger brothers were sent to college, he was ma
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