. History of New York City : embracing an outline sketch of events from 1609 to 1830, and a full account of its development from 1830 to 1884. M. Hoyt, James T. Swift, Jackson , J. S. Williams, William H. Fogg, U. A. Murdock, George A. Fellows, DudleyB. Fuller, James M. Halstead, George C. Satterlee, Timothy G. Churchill, and Moses f John H. Gourlie, a native of New York City, where he was born and has alwaysresided—who had recently retired from the Stock Exchange, of which he had been apopular and honored member for over a quarter of a century, and a member of severalsoci
. History of New York City : embracing an outline sketch of events from 1609 to 1830, and a full account of its development from 1830 to 1884. M. Hoyt, James T. Swift, Jackson , J. S. Williams, William H. Fogg, U. A. Murdock, George A. Fellows, DudleyB. Fuller, James M. Halstead, George C. Satterlee, Timothy G. Churchill, and Moses f John H. Gourlie, a native of New York City, where he was born and has alwaysresided—who had recently retired from the Stock Exchange, of which he had been apopular and honored member for over a quarter of a century, and a member of severalsocieties, social literary, and artistic—was the chairman of the Finance Committee of theMetropolitan Fair. In his library now hangs, neatly framed, a receipt, of which thefollowing is a copy : New Yokk, May 17, from John II. Gourlie, chairman of the Finance Committee of the Metropolitan Fair, OneMillion Dollar*, for the benefit of the United States Sanitary ,000. George T. Strong, Treasurer of C. H. Sanitary Commission. \ A full picture of the career of Marshall Owen Roberts from the unpromising position. FOURTH DECADE, 18(50-1870. 751 for its success. He had been aiding the government from the begin-ning of the struggle. He took a special interest in the MetropolitanFair. When the managers found that the premises in Fourteenth of a poor, meagrely educated orphan boy to the position of highest rank as a merchantand good citizen of the metropolis, would be instructive. We may onty give a briefoutline of its principal features. His father, Owen Roberts, was a Welsh physician inthe city of New York, where he settled in 1798. He died in 1817, leaving a widow andfour boys, of whom Marshall was the youngest, and very little property. Marshall wasthen less than four years of age, having been born on March 22, 1814, and when he waseight years old his mother also died. At thirteen he apprenticed himself to a saddler,but failing health compelled him to aba
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