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Remembering A Low and Modern Merchants of Brooklyn
A long tribute recalls A. A. Low a leading New York merchant, honored for his philanthropy and public benefaction. The piece highlights his son Seth Low as Brooklyn mayor, later Columbia College president, and notes other benefactors like A. T. Stewart, George Peabody, Leland Stanford, and Peter Cooper, alongside a vivid report on the Madison Square Garden cat show and a courtroom bribery trial involving Inspector McLaughlin, Macy Co liquor case, and shifts in New York retail life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Seth
Mercantile House
Hiss
Sand Republicana
Elyuban College
Naw
Flint
Huil- Bon
Calidad
St. John
Putes Dent
Seth Lowtout
Columbia
Columbia College
Rkee
Lemuel Tilden
George Peabody
Noyal Exchange
Enrlichmen
London
Leland Stanford
Peter Cooper
Cooper Institute
Madison Square Garden
Guoniadkin
Roai
Otbart
Juve
Tom
Enepector McLaughlin
England
United States
Barcot
Drygooda and Notion
RK. HL. Macy & Co
Tony
Maeyak Co
Beateh Presbyterian
Phirteenth
Mae
du Lueinesse
Fourteenth Street
Sixth Avenue