Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . , andthe style of the firm was then changed to OliverDitson & Co. The death of Oliver Ditson, inDecember, 1888, dissolved the firm, in which had been a partner for thirty-two sur\dving partners (Mr. Haynes and H. Ditson, son of Oliver Ditson) and theexecutors of the estate of Oliver Ditson at onceorganized a corporation, under the laws of Mas- 256 BOSTON OF TO-DAY. sachusetts, under the title of the OHver DitsonCompa
Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . , andthe style of the firm was then changed to OliverDitson & Co. The death of Oliver Ditson, inDecember, 1888, dissolved the firm, in which had been a partner for thirty-two sur\dving partners (Mr. Haynes and H. Ditson, son of Oliver Ditson) and theexecutors of the estate of Oliver Ditson at onceorganized a corporation, under the laws of Mas- 256 BOSTON OF TO-DAY. sachusetts, under the title of the OHver DitsonCompany, admitting as stockholders several of thebest of the young men who had grown up with thebusiness. Mr. Haynes became the president andCharles H. Ditson treasurer of the new corporation,with headquarters in the buildings Nos. 449 and451 Washington street. The branch houses are :John C. Haynes & Co., Boston, Charles H. Ditson& Co., New York, and J. E. Ditson & Co., Philadel-phia. The growth of the publishing house of OliverDitson & Co. has been identical with the growth ofmusical taste and culture in the United States. Its. influence as a civilizing and refining agent, as thecountry has developed, has been marked. has also been interested in large and suc-cessflil real-estate ventures that have materiallyadded to the assessed valuation of the city of Bos-ton, where he has resided for over fifty a young man he was instrumental in organ-izing the Franklin Library Association, and his con-nection with it for many years was of greatadvantage to him in his early training and is a life member of the Mercantile Library Asso-ciation, of the Young Mens Christian Union, ofthe Womens Industrial Union, and of the AgedCouples Home Society; he is one of the trusteesof the Franklin Savings Bank; a director in theMassachusetts Title Insurance Company and Pru-dential Fire Insurance Company; treasurer of the Free Religious Association ; member of the Massa-chusett
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