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The rise and fall of Hannibal merchant Wadsworth Brewster
A portrait of Wadsworth J. Brewster of Hannibal, born 1846, detailing his family business S. W. Brewster & Son, the first local phones, a major fire, the expansion to W. J. Brewster & Co, and the Brewster Bank collapse in 1901. The entry covers band sponsorship, a mail order venture, and the banking era ending with creditors receiving 50 cents on the dollar.
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Wadsworth J. Brewster
Silas W. Brewt
Theannibal Village Square
Silas
Wadsworth
S.W. Brewster & Son
Hannibal
Brewster
Burt
Cayuga Street
W.J. Brewster & Co
Oswego County
Brewster's Silver Band
Ira
Oswego
Fulton
Syracuse
Edward McDonald
Fyi Phi Yh
Iban de Valpae
Brewster- Bradford Company
New England
Auburn Street
Brewster Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDIC
W.J. Brewster and Co
Theside, District Court
Utica
Coon & Bentley
Oswego Palladium Times
National ‘Bank ’' of‘ Watétloo