OF JVEW  YCRK CITY.                     353
 

CHAPTER XL.

I have mentioned the names of strong merchants that
cantrlbuted during the last war with England, in 1813,
to support the Federal Government, and sustain it vigor¬
ously. Upon the list will be found the names of John
Rathbone & Son for $20,000.

That house was in existence and did business in 1804
— long before the war, and long after. Its patriotism
prospered it, and has not deserted the name now, for
John Rathbone, No. 3, great-grandson of the old founder,
still does business under the firm of Rathbone & Havens,
at No. 11 Nassau street.

When the house first started, it was at No. 96 Front
street, and the old gentleman lived at 45 Dey street —
a fashionably part of tho town in 1805. He was born
in Stonlngton, Ct., in 1751, and removed to this city
soon after the close of the Revolutionary war. He
clerked it for some time, as is usual ■wdth Connecticut
boys, and then entered into business upon his own hook
about 1795. He died in 1848, In this city, 92 years old.
He had two sons and one daughter.

His eldest son, John Rathbone, jr., who was taken
into the concern of John Rathbone & Co. in 1804, was
a gentleman of extraordinary good sense and sound in¬
formation. He was a member of our State Legislature
in 1823, and mad* a reputation for himself in politics.