Morton Coates Fisher
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| Residence | 58 Threadneedle St. EC | ||||||||
| Occupation | banker | ||||||||
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Fisher, Morton C. (Morton Coates), fld 1835-1889
... Morton Coates Fisher, a partner in a London based Anglo-American merchant banking house who also became a top subscriber with Church (his business address - 58 Threadneedle Street - was used as domicile for the railway company) [Marc Flandreau. Anthropologists in the Stock Exchange]
To all to whom these presents shall come. The Madeira and Mamore Railway Company (hereinafter called the Railway Company) send greeting:
Whereas, the National Bolivian Navigation Company ... has agreed to provide for the construction of the Railway ... shall be deposited in the Bank of England in the names of John Horatio Lloyd, John Bradshaw Wankly, Colonel George Earl Church, and Morton Coates Fisher ...
Morton C. Fisher, Director of the Madeira and Mamore Railway Company Limited [Poll for Members of Parliament for the Borough of Maldon ...]
William Morris, John Monia, Morton Coates - Saturday 18 November 1871 - Shipping and Mercantile Gazette" href="/viewer/bl/0001702/18711118/265/0012"MEMORANDUM OP ASSOCIATION OP THE GLASGOW
... for which the Company is established are (I.) To adopt and carry out an Agreement between the Corporation of Glasgow and William Morris, John Monia, Morton Coates Fisher, and Dillwyn Parrish, first executed on 15th May, 1871, or any reasonable modification ...
3. Jabez Maud Fisher Family
1830-1890
(1.7 linear ft.)
Jabez M. Fisher (1801-1876), the youngest son of Miers Fisher and Sarah Redwood, was perhaps the least fortunate of Miers' children. Although he worked as an Engineer, little is known of his education. In 1817, his father noted in his account book that he paid for Jabez' attendance at Burlington Boarding School.
In 1832, he wed Nancy Andrews (1808-1866) and was disowned by Philadelphia Monthly Meeting (Western District) for marrying “out of unity.” Nancy was the daughter of Robert Andrews and Margaret Eliza Nancy (Mason). The Fishers had eight children who survived to adulthood: Robert Andrews, Miers Jr., Morton Coates, Eliza Andrews, Redwood, Jabez Maude Jr., Nancy Andrews, and William Redwood.
By 1836, the young family had moved to Wilmington, Delaware, and a year later to Urbana, Ohio, where they remained until Jabez' employer, a railroad company, went out of business in 1842. They subsequently moved to Pottstown and then to Providence, Rhode Island, three years later. In 1861, he was appointed Naval Officer to the port of Providence. A year later, Jabez and Nancy moved to Denver, Colorado Territory, to be with their sons. He had hoped to receive a Federal appointment there, but this was apparently unsuccessful. They had returned to Philadelphia by 1865, and Nancy died in 1866. Following the death of Lizette in childbirth in 1867, the surviving daughter, Nanny, suffered a “severe attack of will,” and had to be institutionalized. In 1869, Jabez M. Fisher traveled to England to be with his son, Morton, who had established a company, “Fisher & Parrish, Street Tramway Contractors.” in London. For the next four years he traveled in England and on the Continent, probably returning to Philadelphia in 1874, where he died at the age of 78 years.
The correspondence is particularly strong in two areas, viz. life in the Colorado Territory in the early 1860's, and in Europe during the early 1870's. Letters exchanged between Jabez Maud Fisher and his sons detail much of the early history and culture of the intermountain west, including building, cattle roundups, farming, gold mining, and the politics of the era. Later correspondence between Jabez Maude Fisher and his niece, Sallie Warner Lewis, from 1869-74, provides extraordinary insight into the lives of American expatriates in Europe. Fisher writes in detail about sightseeing, local customs, and current events--from the Crystal Palace to the Franco-Prussian War. Travels include Great Britain, France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland.
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On the Arapahoes, Kiowas, and Comanches. ESL Transactions 1869
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