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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. 
