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Title: New York State's prominent and progressive men : an encyclopaedia of contemporaneous biography
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Harrison, Mitchell Charles, 1870-
Subjects: Civic leaders
Publisher: (New York) : New York Tribune
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

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General is exceptionally kind-hearted,and while many have often sought after him from various mo-tives of self-interest, one often has the curious notion that if suchmotives were completely eliminated, many would flee away fromthe exposure of the unusually clear atmosphere of simplicity,candor, truth, and honesty which characterizes him. The General possesses the most astonishing memory, has atcommand for instant use the widest range of reading which thewriter has ever heard of in the case of one individual, alwaysseems able to open instantly at the proper page in the rightbooks for any reference required in an immense library onceembracing thirty thousand volumes, is almost an expert specialistin every specialty in the entire gamut of human knowledge, andappears able to apply the lessons drawn from this entire range ofinvestigation to any special line of thought pursued. Yet, evenso, the inimitable sincerity of character of which we have spokenseems to us worthy of the most remark. /
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FREDERIC JEWETT DIETER THE Dieter family came from Germany early in the sixteenthcentury, and settled in Pennsylvania, receiving from thecrown extensive grants of land. Its members were conspicuousin the Revolution, and in the political and business affairs of theyoung republic. In the last generation, Anderson DevereauxDieter, born at Baltimore, Maryland, on April 18,1824, a son of acommodore in the navy, and his mother, of old and distinguishedFrench descent, was perhaps the foremost member of the family.In early life he was engaged in commerce in Caracas, Venezuela,and Havana, Cuba. Then he removed to New Orleans, and formore than twenty years was a leader of business affairs in thatcity, serving also as consul for the Venezuelan government. Heestablished one of the most prosperous and prominent businesshouses in the South, with branch houses in New York, Liver-pool, and Paris. He owned many large plantations in Louisianaand Mississippi, and had a reputation in two continents for h

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