biography
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| (1764–1834)
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| biography:
| Merchant banker, and early American millionaire, born in Co Antrim, Ireland. He went to Baltimore in 1800 and was followed (1802) by his sons, George, James, and John A Brown. He began as an importer of Irish linen, then expanded into tobacco, cotton, and other commodities, and eventually his international shipping and trading activities turned his firm into a merchant banking house. A model of business acumen, he helped found the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and supported Baltimore's civic development. |
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