. Gli uomini di New York: Una collezione di biografie e ritratti di cittadini dello stato dell'Impero prominente nella vita imprenditoriale, professionale, sociale e politica durante l'ultimo decennio del diciannovesimo secolo .. . JO// GOOD HbCam S. IF^CWitt, prominente nel commercio e nella vita jiubica, era boiu settantacinque anni fa in alog house ancora in piedi nella contea di Rockland, NewYork. Suo padre venne in questo paese nel 1790 e contribuì a costruire il primo motore a vapore in America. ()S MEA DI N/-:IV YORK - A/ANNA rrrran SETTA/ON dopo aver passato la sua boihood in una fattoria, il sig. Hewittent al CoUimbia College, e laureato

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. The men of New York: a collection of biographies and portraits of citizens of the Empire state prominent in business, professional, social, and political life during the last decade of the nineteenth century .. . JO// GOOD HbCam S. IF^CWitt, prominent in business andin jiublic life, was boiu seventy-five years ago in alog house still standing in Rockland county, NewYork. His father came to this country in 1790, and helped to build the first steam engine in America. ()S MEA OF N/-:iV YORK—A/ANNA rrAN SECT/ON After spending his boyhood on a farm, Mr. Hewittwent to CoUimbia College, and graduated from thatinstitution at the head of his class. He had ascholarship there, thus saving fees for tuition ; but itis worthy of note that he afterward reimbursed thecollege for this expense. Becoming acting ])rofessor. AllR.t.r S. HEWITT of mathematics at Columbia after his graduationthence, he soon gave up that calling, in consequenceof impaired eyesight, and went to Europe in 1844with his classmate and friend, Edward Cooper, a sonof Peter Cooper. The Mobile packet Alabamian, in which they returned, foundered at sea, and theynarrowly escaped death. After his admission to the bar in 1845, Mr. Hew-itt formed a partnership with Edward Cooper in thebusiness of iron manufacturing. The venture waswell conceived, and Messrs. Cooper and Hewitt maybe regarded as among the most successful iron manu-facturers in the United States. They were the firstto manufacture iron girders and supports for fire-proof buildings. Taking a trip to England in 18(!2 for the purpose of studying the process of makingiron for gun barrels, Mr. Hewitt was able to supplythe government with this material during the CivilWar. Many government contractors accumulatedfortunes during the war, but his firm furnished thismaterial to the gov

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