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James N. Jarvie
James Newbegin Jarvie (1853 – June 21, 1929) was a British-American merchant and philanthropist who was known as the "Coffee King". Early life Jarvie was born in Manchester, England, in 1853, a son of William and Isabella Jarvie. He had two sisters, only one of whom married. At the age of two in 1855, he came to the United States with his family and grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and Bloomfield, New Jersey. Career Jarvie became interested in the coffee business, joining and eventually becoming partner in Arbuckle Brothers, a New York-based coffee and sugar commodities firm, eventually withdrawing in 1906 to focus on his other concerns. Jarvie was an adviser to many corporations and served on the boards of the Central Hanover Bank & Trust Company, Guarantee Trust Company, Mutual Alliance Trust Company, and Southern Pacific Company, and the National Bank of Commerce in New York, among others. He also invested in New York real estate, owning properties in the "Old Dry Goods Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The two cities and the surrounding towns form one of the United Kingdom's most populous conurbations, the Greater Manchester Built-up Area, which has a population of 2.87 million. The history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort ('' castra'') of ''Mamucium'' or ''Mancunium'', established in about AD 79 on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers Medlock and Irwell. Historically part of Lancashire, areas of Cheshire south of the River Mersey were incorporated into Manchester in the 20th century, including Wythenshawe in 1931. Throughout the Middle Ages Manchester remained a manorial township, but began to expand "at an astonishing rate" around the turn of the 19th century. Manchest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montclair, New Jersey
Montclair () is a township in Essex County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Situated on the cliffs of the Watchung Mountains, Montclair is a wealthy and diverse commuter town and suburb of New York City within the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the township's population was 40,921, reflecting an increase of 3,234 (+8.5%) from the 37,687 counted in the 2010 Census. As of 2010, it was the 60th-most-populous municipality in New Jersey. Montclair was first formed as a township on April 15, 1868, from portions of Bloomfield Township, so that a second railroad could be built to Montclair. After a referendum held on February 21, 1894, Montclair was reincorporated as a town, effective February 24, 1894.Snyder, John P''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606–1968'' Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 129. Accessed July 6, 2012. It derives its name from the French ''mont clair'', meaning "clear mountain" or "bright mounta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1835 Births
Events January–March * January 7 – anchors off the Chonos Archipelago on her second voyage, with Charles Darwin on board as naturalist. * January 8 – The United States public debt contracts to zero, for the only time in history. * January 24 – Malê Revolt: African slaves of Yoruba Muslim origin revolt in Salvador, Bahia. * January 26 – Queen Maria II of Portugal marries Auguste de Beauharnais, 2nd Duke of Leuchtenberg, in Lisbon; he dies only two months later. * January 26 – Saint Paul's in Macau largely destroyed by fire after a typhoon hits. * January 30 – An assassination is attempted against United States President Andrew Jackson in the United States Capitol (the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States). * February 1 – Slavery is abolished in Mauritius. * February 20 – 1835 Concepción earthquake: Concepción, Chile, is destroyed by an earthquake; the resulting tsunami destroys the neighboring city of Talcahua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Presbyterian Historical Society
The Presbyterian Historical Society (PHS) is the oldest continuous denominational historical society in the United States.Smylie, James H. 1996. ''A Brief History of the Presbyterians.'' Louisville, Kentucky: Geneva Press. Its mission is to collect, preserve and share the history of the American Presbyterian and Reformed tradition with the church and broader community. It is a department of the Office of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).About PHS. Philadelphia : Presbyterian Historical Society, 2010. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Historical Society holds about 32,000 cubic feet of archival records and personal papers; about 250,000 monographs, serials, and rare books; and a museum collection that includes approximately 250 paintings and over 25,000 communion tokens.Presbyterian Historical Society, "Presbyterian Historical Society." Accessed April 21, 2011. http://www.history.pcusa.org/. The Society's address is 425 Lombard Street in Philadelp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarvie Program
James Newbegin Jarvie (1853 – June 21, 1929) was a British-American merchant and philanthropist who was known as the "Coffee King". Early life Jarvie was born in Manchester, England, in 1853, a son of William and Isabella Jarvie. He had two sisters, only one of whom married. At the age of two in 1855, he came to the United States with his family and grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and Bloomfield, New Jersey. Career Jarvie became interested in the coffee business, joining and eventually becoming partner in Arbuckle Brothers, a New York-based coffee and sugar commodities firm, eventually withdrawing in 1906 to focus on his other concerns. Jarvie was an adviser to many corporations and served on the boards of the Central Hanover Bank & Trust Company, Guarantee Trust Company, Mutual Alliance Trust Company, and Southern Pacific Company, and the National Bank of Commerce in New York, among others. He also invested in New York real estate, owning properties in the "Old Dry Goods Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarvie Commonweal Service
James Newbegin Jarvie (1853 – June 21, 1929) was a British-American merchant and philanthropist who was known as the "Coffee King". Early life Jarvie was born in Manchester, England, in 1853, a son of William and Isabella Jarvie. He had two sisters, only one of whom married. At the age of two in 1855, he came to the United States with his family and grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and Bloomfield, New Jersey. Career Jarvie became interested in the coffee business, joining and eventually becoming partner in Arbuckle Brothers, a New York-based coffee and sugar commodities firm, eventually withdrawing in 1906 to focus on his other concerns. Jarvie was an adviser to many corporations and served on the boards of the Central Hanover Bank & Trust Company, Guarantee Trust Company, Mutual Alliance Trust Company, and Southern Pacific Company, and the National Bank of Commerce in New York, among others. He also invested in New York real estate, owning properties in the "Old Dry Goods Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia University College Of Dental Medicine
The Columbia University College of Dental Medicine, often abbreviated CDM, is one of the twenty graduate and professional schools of Columbia University. It is located at 630 West 168th Street in Manhattan, New York City. According to American Dental Education Association, CDM is one of the most selective dental schools in the United States based on average DAT score, GPA, and acceptance rate. In 2014, 2,029 people applied for 80 positions in its entering class. The median undergraduate GPA and average DAT score for successful applicants in 2020 were 3.62 and 22.8, respectively. History The College of Dental Medicine traces its origin to 1852, as the New York College of Dentistry, later the New York College of Dental and Oral Surgery. In 1916 Columbia University, recognizing dentistry as an integral part of the health sciences, established its own school of dental education and absorbed both the New York Post-graduate School of Dentistry and the New York School of Dental Hygiene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia University
Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhattan, Columbia is the oldest institution of higher education in New York and the fifth-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. It is one of nine colonial colleges founded prior to the Declaration of Independence. It is a member of the Ivy League. Columbia is ranked among the top universities in the world. Columbia was established by royal charter under George II of Great Britain. It was renamed Columbia College in 1784 following the American Revolution, and in 1787 was placed under a private board of trustees headed by former students Alexander Hamilton and John Jay. In 1896, the campus was moved to its current location in Morningside Heights and renamed Columbia University. Columbia scientists and scholars have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Presbyterian Church (U
Presbyterianism is a part of the Reformed tradition within Protestantism that broke from the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland by John Knox, who was a priest at St. Giles Cathedral (Church of Scotland). Presbyterian churches derive their name from the presbyterian polity, presbyterian form of ecclesiastical polity, church government by representative assemblies of Presbyterian elder, elders. Many Reformed churches are organised this way, but the word ''Presbyterian'', when capitalized, is often applied to churches that trace their roots to the Church of Scotland or to English Dissenters, English Dissenter groups that formed during the English Civil War. Presbyterian theology typically emphasizes the sovereignty of God, the Sola scriptura, authority of the Scriptures, and the necessity of Grace in Christianity, grace through Faith in Christianity, faith in Christ. Presbyterian church government was ensured in Scotland by the Acts of Union 1707, Acts of Union in 1707, which cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloomfield, New Jersey
Bloomfield is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the township's population was 53,105. It surrounds the Bloomfield Green Historic District. History The initial patent for the land that would become Bloomfield Township was granted to the English Puritan colonists of Newark, and the area assigned to Essex County in 1675, and Newark Township in 1693. From the 1690s to about the 1720s, much of the northern and eastern land was sold to descendants of New Netherland colonists who had settled Acquackanonk, and the remainder mostly to English families. Speertown (now Upper Montclair), Stone House Plains (now Brookdale), and Second River (now Belleville and Nutley) were essentially Dutch and Jersey Dutch-speaking, while Cranetown, Watsessing, and the Morris Neighborhood (now North Center) were predominantly English. Starting in the mid-18th century, the English and Dutch neighborhoods gradually integrated, with Thomas Cadmu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RMS Homeric (1913)
RMS ''Homeric'', originally launched as ''Columbus'', was an ocean liner built for Norddeutscher Lloyd and launched in 1913 at the F. Schichau yard in Danzig, Germany (now Gdańsk, Poland). ''Columbus'' was ceded to Great Britain in 1919 as part of German war reparations. She was sold to the White Star Line in 1920, which named her ''Homeric''. Her sister ship ''Hindenburg'' remained in German ownership and was renamed ''Columbus''. ''Homeric'' was operated by White Star from 1922 to 1935. History The White Star Line originally planned for its three Olympic-class liners, ''Olympic'', ''Titanic'' and ''Britannic'', to operate a weekly transatlantic express service. However ''Titanic'' was lost on her maiden voyage after striking an iceberg in 1912, and ''Britannic'' was lost in the First World War after striking a mine in the Aegean in 1916. Another of the line’s express ships, the 17,000-ton ''Oceanic'' of 1899, was also lost during war service in 1914. When ''Olympic'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New London, Connecticut
New London is a seaport city and a port of entry on the northeast coast of the United States, located at the mouth of the Thames River in New London County, Connecticut. It was one of the world's three busiest whaling ports for several decades beginning in the early 19th century, along with Nantucket and New Bedford, Massachusetts. The wealth that whaling brought into the city furnished the capital to fund much of the city's present architecture. The city subsequently became home to other shipping and manufacturing industries, but it has gradually lost most of its industrial heart. New London is home to the United States Coast Guard Academy, Connecticut College, Mitchell College, and The Williams School. The Coast Guard Station New London and New London Harbor is home port to the Coast Guard Cutter ''Coho'' and the Coast Guard's tall ship ''Eagle''. The city had a population of 27,367 at the 2020 census. The Norwich–New London metropolitan area includes 21 towns and 274,055 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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