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come to him without meeting with a ready response, and he was 

 one of the most generous contributors to charity in the city. A 

 very large portion of his charity was distributed without the 

 knowledge of the outside world. He purchased the SHAKESPEARE 

 house, and presented it to Harvard University a few years before 

 his death, thus giving a hint of the inward mind of the engrossed 

 man of business. His death Nov. 3, 1913, came as a distinct shock 

 to the commercial world, although it was not unexpected by those 

 in the inner circle of his acquaintance. A nervous breakdown, 

 resulting from kidney disorder, terminated one of the most suc- 

 cessful business careers offered a man of the younger generation, 

 and his untimely demise was sincerely mourned. 



