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English company and from that point forward was focused exclusively on financial services. The firm was known primarily for its "unbiased investment counsel" which the firm provided to a client base that included
435:"ROOSEVELT & SON QUIT SECURITY LINE; Old Investment House to Be Reconstituted Under Same Name for Other Business. PARTNERS IN 2 NEW FIRMS Dick & Merle-Smith and Roosevelt & Weigold to Continue in Field Left by Former Concern"
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the notes of various customers of the hardware business and later other merchants in New York City. In 1824, the
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The Lion's Pride: Theodore
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