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John J. Sperry
| Name | John J. Sperry |
| Ortssitz | New York City |
| Straße | Fourth Avenue |
| Art des Unternehmens | Brennstoffhändler |
| Anmerkungen | Kohlen- und Holzhandelsbüro: Fourth Avenue, zwischen den 125th und 126th Streets; Lagerplatz: 125th Street, zwischen Second und Third Avenues. Branche: Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Red and White Ash, Liverpool, Cannel and Cumberland Coal. |
| Quellenangaben | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 339] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1800 |
Geburt von John J. Sperry |
| 1859 |
Gründung |
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Bem. |
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Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Brennholzhandel |
1884 |
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| Kohlenhandel |
1884 |
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| ZEIT | 1884 |
| THEMA | Firmendarstellung |
| TEXT | Among the well known business men of Harlem there are none who enjoy a higher reputation than Mr. John J. Sperry, who since 1859 has been engaged in supplying a large demand from the citizens in coal and wood. He has every facility for carrying on the business, having a large yard on 125th Street, between Second and Third Avenues, and makes a specialty of preparing coal for family use, handling the best qualities of Red and White Ash, Liverpool, Cannel and famous Cumberland mines coal, and furnishing at the lowest market prices, and dealers are supplied at the shortest notice and as per agreement. He conducts an extensive business, both wholesale and retail, and a large family business is attached. He also supplies a large demand for kindling-wood, which is sawed and split in any length. He has ample room in his large yard which is well covered with sheds, and his office, which is finely fitted up. is located on Fourth Avenue, between 125th and 126th Streets. Orders by post are promptly attended to, and a telephone is in direct communication from the office to the yard. Mr. Sperry is a native of New York and an enterprising business man, whose character for promptness and reliability is well known. Personally, he is a popular and public-spirited gentleman, and his honorable and straightforward method of doing business testifies to his integrity and probity as an upright citizen. Mr. John Sperry is a descendant of an old New York family. Jacob Sperry, his great grandfather, was born in Switzerland, in 1728. He was educated as a physician and came to America in 1748. Receiving money from the old country, he purchased the property mentioned below, and having a taste for flowers established himself as an horticulturist. Henry C. Sperry, father of John J. Sperry, was born on the property in 1800. In 1803 Jacob Sperry sold the property to John Jacob Astor for nine thousand pounds. In 1808 he died in his eightieth year. The tract of land sold to Mr. Astor comprised that portion of New York extending from 4th to 8th Street, and from the Bowery to Broadway. As we have stated, the property sold for nine thousand pounds or forty-five thousand dollars, and at the present time is worth as many millions as it was then thousands. Thus it will be seen that Mr. Sperry, Jr., is a descendant of the old New York stock, of which he may well feel proud. |
| QUELLE | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 339] |
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