ࡱ>  Root Entry`DESTP?hPerfectOffice_MAIN&PerfectOffice_OBJECTS,P?hP?hWPC \Qb̓lbfg$s%bk 0b  ' ,꣼TQH :2 P}+9.&D5 WI4> x|tcc)oL{fz>A UJZpשL"yjm%]+|xd8exs #!UF % 0(/w@/4o mhp deskjet 3320 seriesT(,,,,T(0j 9Z+.Courier New Regular($ D  E   DEa#03|xU !  BIOGRAPHY:JohnB.Coles;NewYorkco.,NYsurname:Coles,Nielson, Morris,  Gracie,Borrow submittedbyElizabethBurns(burns at @asu.edu)************************************************Copyright.Allrightsreserved.http://www.usgwarchives.org/copyright.htmhttp://www.usgwarchives.org/ny/nyfiles.htmSubmittedDate:May31,2005Thisfilehasbeencreatedbyaformathttp://www.genrecords.org/nyfiles/Filesize:3.78WPC \Qb̓lbfg$s%bk 0b  ' ,꣼TQH :2 P}+9.&D5 WI4> x|tcc)oL{fz>A UJZpשL"yjm%]+|xd8exs #!UF % 0(/w@/4o mhp deskjet 3320 seriesT(,,,,T(0j 9Z+.Courier New Regular($ D  E   DEa#03|xU !  BIOGRAPHY:JohnB.Coles;NewYorkco.,NYsurname:Coles,Nielson, Morris,  Gracie,Borrow submittedbyElizabethBurns(burns at @asu.edu)************************************************Copyright.Allrightsreserved.http://www.usgwarchives.org/copyright.htmhttp://www.usgwarchives.org/ny/nyfiles.htmSubmittedDate:May31,2005Thisfilehasbeencreatedbyaformathttp://www.genrecords.org/nyfiles/Filesize:3.78Kb************************************************Author:WalterBarrettJOHNB.COLESPg42"TheOldMerchants"ByWalterBarrett,ClerkPub:ThomasR.KnoxandCo.1885NYJohnB.ColeswasaclerkwiththegreatcommercialfirmofThomasBuchananandCompany,howeverafewyearslater,Coleswentintobusinessonhisownaccount,atNO.12,.DockStreet(itranfromBroadtoHanoverSquare,inwhatisnowPearlStreet.)Hewasalargeflourmerchantin1795.HemovedfromNo.82Pearl(No.39GreatDockStreet)toNo.1SouthStreet,wherehehadhisstore,andNo.1StateStreet,whereheresided.AtbothplacesColescouldlookupontheshipspassingupboththeNorthandEastRivers.TheslipatWhitehallcameupwithinafewfeetofhishouse.JohnB.Coleswasaldermanfrom1797to1801ashewasagainin1815to1818,alsoaldermanoftheFirstWard.JohnB.Coleslovedhislocality.HelivedatNo.1StateStreetuntil1810whenhemovedtoNo.2,givingupNo.1tooneofhisboys.Hehadseveral.U.D.,IsaacU.B.U.andW.F.andoneJohnB.Jr.ThelastlivedatNo.1StateStreetandintheyearpreviouskeptaflourstoreatNo.32StoneStreet.Ithinkthatonediedin1811or1812.Oliverkeptat29OldSlipandafterwardsIsaacU.kepthtere,butfinallyallthesonskeptatN.1SouthStreet.ThentheytookinaMr.MorrisandforafewyearsthefirmwasColesandMorris.From1812until1825,IdodnotthinkoldJohnB.Colesmeddledwithbusinessmuch,butleftitentirelytohissons,andson-in-law,forMr.Morrismarriedadaughterbutin1825and1826thebusinesswascarriedonunderhisnameand    thoseofhissonsdonotappeartohavebeenconnectedwithhim.Ithinkhediedin1826or1817.Heprobablywaseighteenortwentyyearsoldin1780whenhesignedhisautographasclerktoThomasBuchananandcompany,andifhehadliveduntiltoday,wouldhavebeenahundred.In1827hissonsIsaacU.andWilliamT.Coles,keptontheoldbusinessandliketheirfathershowedgreatgoodsenseinkeepingintheoldvicinityforresidences.IsaaclivedatNo.1.StateandWilliamatNo.2,nexttoeachother,fortheoppositesideofStateStreetistheBatteryandofcoursethenumbersarecontinuous.TheylivedthereandcontinuedinbusinesstogetheratNo.1SouthStreetuntil1832whenIsaacU.lefthisbrotherandstarted ,.|); businessat28FrontStreet.In1822WilliamleftbusinessandStateStreet.Iamnotcertainthathediedthere.Isaackeptonbusinessuntil1834whenhemovedfromNo.1StateStreetto50Bond,thenbecomingaristocratic.HegaveuphisstoreinFrontStreetinMay1835.HeresidedinBondStreetuntil1851.Itwasoccasionallyamarkedhouse,fromthefactthatyearafteryearitwassealed.From1836,on,Idonotbelieveitwaseverentered.Itwasassolemnasifadozenmurdershadbeencommittedthere.Mr.Colesorhissonsdidaflourbusinessforaperiodofoverfortysixyears.HewasoneofthedirectorsintheBankofNewYork.Mr.WilliamNeilsonmarriedadaughterofJohnB.Colesandhischildrenhavemarriedtosomeourfirstpeople.RobertGraciemarriedadaughterofMr.Neilson.SodidCharlesE.Borrow.