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'''T. Jefferson Coolidge''' (1831-1920) was a leading Boston businessman. Born to a famous B Brahmin family, he was a descendant of Thomas Jefferson. Coolidge was educated in private schools in Europe, and graduated from Harvard in 1850. He married the daughter of William Appleton, a leading financier of the New England cotton textile industry. Coolidge was involved in numerous textile mills, and banks. He turned his attention to financing the rapidly growing railroad industry. He served as president of the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]]. He was ambassador to France.<ref>{{cite book|author=John N. Ingham, ed.|title=Biographical Dictionary of American Business Leaders|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=KRjPBj19i-4C&pg=PA190|year=1983|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|page=190}}</ref> |
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==Further reading== |
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* Coolidge, Thomas Jefferson. ''The Autobiography of T. Jefferson Coolidge, 1831-1920'' (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923). |
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==Notes== |
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T. Jefferson Coolidge (1831-1920) was a leading Boston businessman. Born to a famous B Brahmin family, he was a descendant of Thomas Jefferson. Coolidge was educated in private schools in Europe, and graduated from Harvard in 1850. He married the daughter of William Appleton, a leading financier of the New England cotton textile industry. Coolidge was involved in numerous textile mills, and banks. He turned his attention to financing the rapidly growing railroad industry. He served as president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. He was ambassador to France.[1]
Further reading
- Coolidge, Thomas Jefferson. The Autobiography of T. Jefferson Coolidge, 1831-1920 (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923).
Notes
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- ^ John N. Ingham, ed. (1983). Biographical Dictionary of American Business Leaders. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 190.
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