(45) The Story of Mark Hopkins
Broadcast: 1937
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Added: Jul 29 2017
Mark Hopkins was born on September 1st 1813 in Henderson, New York of sturdy New England stock, Mark Hopkins inherited from his store keeper father, a genius for trade. Although he studied law, he never practised but after leaving school went on the road selling farm implements, later becoming bookkeeper and then manager of a mercantile firm in New York City.