William Henry Aspinwall (December 16, 1807 – January 18, 1875)[1][2] was an American businessman.
In 1832, he became president of the Howland & Aspinwall merchant firm, which had been founded by his cousin and expanded expanded trade to South America, China, Europe, the Mediterranean, and the East and West Indies. In 1848 he founded the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. He then promoted the Panama Railroad across the Isthmus of Panama.
He retired in 1856 but remained active as a philanthropist. He was a founder of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals - SPCA (1866) and of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1869).[3]
References
- ^ "Obituary: William H. Aspinwall" (PDF). New York Times. January 19, 1875. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C04E5D6173DE43BBC4152DFB766838E669FDE. Retrieved December 16, 2008.
- ^ Levy, D.A. (February 14, 2004). "William Henry Aspinwall". The Maritime Heritage Project. http://www.maritimeheritage.org/vips/aspinwall.htm. Retrieved December 16, 2008.
- ^ "William Henry Aspinwall (1807-1875)". Trainweb. http://www.trainweb.org/panama/aspinwall.html. Retrieved December 16, 2008.
External links
- William Henry Aspinwall at Find-A-Grave
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