| Horace Brigham Claflin |
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| 1811 births | |
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Claflin was educated at Milford Academy , became a clerk in his father's store in Milford, and in 1831 , with his brother Aaron and his brother-in-law Samuel Daniels , succeeded to his father's business. In 1832 the firm opened a branch store in Worcester, Massachusetts , and in 1833 Claflin and Daniels secured the sole control of this establishment and restricted their dealing to Dry Goods . In 1843 Claflin moved to New York City . Claflin became a member of the firm of Bulkley & Claflin, wholesale dry goods merchants. In 1851 and in 1864 the firm was reorganized, being designated in these respective years as Claflin, Mellin & Company and H.B. Claflin & Company. Under Claflin's management the business increased so rapidly that the sales for a time after 1865 probably exceeded those of any other mercantile house in the world. The firm was temporarily embarrassed at the beginning of the American Civil War , on account of its large business interests in the South. The reputation of Claflin increased because of his promptness in paying off debts during the financial Panic Of 1873 . He died at Fordham, New York , on the 14th of November 1885. EXTERNAL LINK
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