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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: September 5, 2015
Caption: Enoch Pratt
Additional Description: Enoch Pratt (1808-1896) moved to Baltimore in 1831 and began a wholesale hardware business. He invested heavily in coal mines and iron foundries, became very wealthy, and donated large sums for the benefit of Baltimore and North Middleborough, Massachusetts, his hometown. He funded the building of the Workingmen's Institute and Library in Canton, the Enoch Pratt Free Library system in Baltimore and the Sheppard Asylum (Now Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital.) Close-up of photo on marker
Submitted: September 7, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p327583
File Size: 2.221 Megabytes

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