Harvey Fisk (April 26, 1831 – November 8, 1890) was an American investment banker who founded

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along with

Alfrederick Smith Hatch Alfrederick Smith Hatch (July 24, 1829 – May 13, 1904) was an American investment banker who founded Fisk & Hatch along with Harvey Fisk. Hatch was the President of the New York Stock Exchange from 1883 to 1884. Life Hatch was born in Vermon ...

Life

Fisk was born in Vermont to Joel Fisk (1796–1856) and Clarinda Chapman Fisk (1803–1878). Fisk began his career as a clerk in a dried goods store located in Trenton,

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. He married Louisa Green in 1853 and had seven children. His oldest child was Harvey Edward Fisk. In March 1862, Fisk began a finance and insurance company called,

with

. The company initially focused almost exclusively in government bonds. Both men were short on capital at the time and relied on $15,000 worth of loans from family and friends. Fisk and Hatch found success as sub-agents for Jay Cooke & Company, popularizing and selling millions of dollars in government war securities in New York and New England. The two quickly became the front rank of bond dealers. Fisk's son, Harvey Edward Fisk, joined the company in 1877. In March 1885 the partnership of Fisk & Hatch was dissolved. On March 26, 1885, the firm reorganized under the name of Harvey Fisk & Sons in connection with his three oldest sons. The company sold over $50 million in bonds to the United States government during the

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's administration and the same amount during the first two years of Benjamin Harrison's administration.

Death

Fisk died on November 8, 1890, at the age of 59. In 1918, the Fisk estate, "Riverside" in

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, was purchased, through a gift of

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, by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton. Bishop Thomas J. Walsh donated the property to the

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for a motherhouse and novitiate. A girls' school,

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is located on the premises.Kull, Helen. "Ewing Then and Now: The Fisk Family and the Fisk School", ''Community News'', August 1, 2013
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fisk, Harvey 1831 births 1890 deaths People from New Haven, Vermont American investment bankers