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commented "I have heard - what he tried hard enough to hide - that the good he did among the poor was something remarkable. Few men indeed possessing his wealth and leisure have devoted them more ungrudgingly to the benefit of others". He died on 12 November 1888 in
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Fellows deceased, Capron, J. Rand
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