True stories of great American men : for young Americans (1898)
Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902 · Chicago ; Philadelphia ; Toronto : J.C. Winston · leaf 186
nchesin Philadelphia and New York, so that Mr. Peabody dividedhis time between their headquarters in Baltimore and thebranch stores in the two other cities. In a few years their business with England became so greatthat he had to make trips across the ocean. He went for thefirst time in 1827, and… … 188 <*£JORC*E PEABODY cares. He therefore took out a very large sum of money, sev-eral times as great as the sum he put in, and still left a con-siderable sum belonging to him in the business. The nameof the firm was then changed from Riggs & Peabody toPeabody, Riggs & Co. In 1836, Mr.…
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