BJLLS RECEIVABLE. 



Name. 



In 1874 both Mr. Brown and Mr. Riley 

 purchased a seat on the Boston Stock 

 Exchange, and Mr. Brown purchased on« 

 on the New York Stock Exchange, which 

 he held until a few years ago. 



After an active business life, Mr. Brown 

 and Mr. Riley retired about twenty years 

 ago. The firm of Brown, Rllcy & Co. was 

 known as the Standard Oil brokers In 

 Boston, and during the Boston and Mon- 

 tana and Butte and Boston tight, they 

 were active for the New York Interests. 



Mr. Brown was a personal friend of 

 Mr. George Westinghouse, with whom he 

 had active associations, and " it was 

 through the firm of Brown, Riley & Co. 

 that the Westinghouse Electric Company 

 was listed on the New York Exchange, 

 For years this iirm handled this stock 

 for Mr. Westinghouse. 



Mr. Brown lived for a number of years 

 In Concord, and frequently attended the 

 .•social evenings given by Ralph Waldo 

 Emerson. He enjoyed the friendship of 

 Louisa Alcott and Rose Hawthorne, and 

 many other distinguished people living In 

 Concord at that time. 



For the past twenty-Hve years Mr. 

 Brown had made his home with his niece 

 Mrs. .Tames H. Learned, in Brookllne. Ho 

 also had a country house at Cohasset, 

 where he lived for .six months of the year 

 with his nephew. He Is survived by twj 

 nephews and two pieces, Mrs. Wilson H 

 Low of Long Beach, Calif., Mrs. James 

 H. Learned of Brookline, Major Albert T 

 Fletcher of Washington, and Laurence b' 

 Fletcher of Brookllne., , 7« ^ 



