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Garrett, Robert |
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Garrett, Robert (1783–1857) financier; born in Lisburn, Ireland. The family emigrated to a farm in Cumberland County, Pa., in 1790. At age 17 he moved to Baltimore to clerk in a produce and commission house. By 1820 he had founded Robert Garrett & Sons, a wholesale grocery and commission business. Interested in developing trade with the American West, he promoted the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad as well as the city of Baltimore. A director of several utility companies and banks, he developed two hotels. In 1848 he built the steamship Monumental City to link Baltimore with San Francisco. |
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Garrett, Robert
