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CHAPTER XI.

The founder of the firm of Goodhue & Co., was
Jonathan Goodhue. He commenced business in this
city in 1808, under the firm of Goodhue & Sweet, at
No. 84 Old Slip. The store was afterwards removed to
No. 44 South street. This budding belonged to Theo-
philacht Bache. Goodhue & Sweet did a very heavy
regular commission business for three or four years, and
sold largely of foreign dry goods, and acted as agents of
Salem ship owners. In 1811, the house was dissolved,
and J. Goodhue carried on business upon his individual
account until 1816. It was then Goodhue & Ward,
and the store was kept at 44 South street. In 1819 it
became Goodhue & Co., and Mr. Perit became a part¬
ner. He had formerly been of the house of Perit &
Lathrop. Goodhue & Co., kept at 44 South street
until 1829, when they removed to 64 South street where
the same large house is still located. I have written
about this firm in several previous chapters, but not so
much of their first start as now.

Mr. Goodhue was born in Salem. Mr. Perit was
born in Norwich, Connecticut, and received a collegiate
education at Yale College. This is not often the case
with merchants in this city.

In the first partnership of Mr. Perit with Mr. La-