Research Notes:
1866: left school and began in the dry goods commission business [Ref:
PeabodySH PEABODY p275]
1880: entered banking business; became partner in firm of Spencer Trask & Co
of New York City [Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p275]
active in direction of railroad and electric development, director in trust
companies and other large enterprises. active in New York Chamer of Commerce;
treasurer of the Indianapolis Monetary Conference of 1897; treasurer of the Am
Free Trade League; advocate of the Single Tax system [Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY
p276]
1896: one of the managers of the Democratic campaign against the Free
Silver movement [Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p276]
A.M. degree, Harvard; L.L.D. degree Washington and Lee and Georgia
Universities [Ref: PeabodySH PEABODY p276]