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Thomas Handysyde Perkins
Thomas Handysyde Perkins was born in Boston, MA, December 15th, 1764. His activity and talent soon placed him in prosperous circumstances, and when he died he is supposed to have left a property of some two millions, to be divided among his numerous heirs. He began commercial life in partnership with his elder brother, James Perkins, constituting the first American firm engaged in the China trade. They embarked extensively in the Northwest Coast, Can___, and Calcutta trade, in which they acquired great wealth. During the War of 1812 he was distinguished, in connection with Otis and Sullivan, as strenuous opponent of Mr. Madison's Administration, and was cleaved by the Federals to several important posts in the State and National Government. He was a man of public spirit and great liberality in money matters, and several of the most splendid charitable institutions are monuments of his munificence. He was not, however, without the hobbies which often accompany such a generous attributes. Col. Perkins enjoyed an iron constitution, which held out nobly against the gout and other infirmities of his old age, to which he has at length yielded. His death will be sincerely mourned by the public as well as his immediate acquaintances.
Source:  Jan, 23rd, 1854  -  Daily National Intelligencer Newspaper - Washington,  DC

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