Men of mark in Connecticut; ideals of American life told in biographies and autobiographies of eminent living Americans . than all theother influences of his early life combined. Like many of Connecticuts ablest sons, Mr. Chapman spenthis youth in the country. As a boy be was normally healthy, but notvigorous. He was passionately fond of reading and inclined to seekseclusion to gratify this taste. The favorite book of his youth wasGoods Book of Nature. From the biographies of men of business,he gained the greatest help for his own needs and problems. Hekeenly enjoyed all historical literature.
Men of mark in Connecticut; ideals of American life told in biographies and autobiographies of eminent living Americans . than all theother influences of his early life combined. Like many of Connecticuts ablest sons, Mr. Chapman spenthis youth in the country. As a boy be was normally healthy, but notvigorous. He was passionately fond of reading and inclined to seekseclusion to gratify this taste. The favorite book of his youth wasGoods Book of Nature. From the biographies of men of business,he gained the greatest help for his own needs and problems. Hekeenly enjoyed all historical literature. He received his education atthe public and private schools of his native town and at the BaconAcademy, Colchester, Connecticut. In 1837 Mr. Chapman began his career as a business man, asclerk in a dry goods store in New London. His own preferencedictated a mercantile career, and the approval of his parents restedupon his choice. He continued in the dry goods business in New Lon-don for eighteen years. Since then he has filled many important thirty-five years, from 1858, Mr. Chapman was president of the.
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