biography
pronunciation:
[fanl]
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| lived:
| (1700–43)
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| biography:
| Merchant, born in New Rochelle, New York, USA. Of Huguenot descent, he went to Boston and became the favourite of his uncle Andrew, from whom he inherited a large fortune (1738). He offered to donate a public marketplace to Boston. The hesitant townspeople approved the gift by a vote of 367 in favour, 360 opposed (1740). He died as the building was being completed. |
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