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 . year went to Pennsylvania again, and began to takecontracts for canal work, and by 1830 was worthnearly |3,000. In 1834 he married a Miss Andersonof Philadelphia, and at this time
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 . year went to Pennsylvania again, and began to takecontracts for canal work, and by 1830 was worthnearly |3,000. In 1834 he married a Miss Andersonof Philadelphia, and at this time his fortune had in-creased from $3,000 to nearly $30,000. Visiting hisfather at the old homestead, he found that the lattersambition to increase his estate had embarrassed him,and that the farm was heavily mortgaged and dangerof a foreclosure threatened. George paid off all theclaims upon the land, and placed it in possession ofhis father unencumbered by debt of any kind. Bythis time the young man had become a good engineerand draughtsman, while his reputation as a con-tractor on public works was remarkably high, andhe was known to have at his command any capita!for any work, however extensive, and if he hid fora contract he was certain to obtain it. In1837 he entered bids for three sections of the Crotonaqueduct, two of which were awarded to him, andin 1839 he was given the contract for building the. High bridge. While doing this great work he losthis health, and was obliged to go abroad, where heremained a year, traveling through Great Britain andthe continent. In 1841 he returned to America, andresumed his personal connection with the High bridgeenterprise, which remains one of the most distin-guished memorials of his engineering ability and en-ergy. In 1842 Mr. Law was elected president of theDry dock bank, which was at this time on the vergeof insolvency, through having fallen into the clutchesof a ring of operators. He extricatedthe bank from its d
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