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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: September 5, 2015
Caption: Isaac McKim
Additional Description: This c. 1815 Portrait of Isaac McKim hangs in the Maryland Historical Society Museum in Baltimore, Maryland.

“Isaac McKim was born in Baltimore, the son of a prosperous shipping merchant, John McKim. In 1796, he joined his father, John McKim, in business and began engaging in the South American trade and copper business. He quickly amassed a sizeable fortune which allowed him to donate $30,000 to the defense of Baltimore during the War of 1812. McKim went on to have a successful political career, serving in the Maryland Senate for one term and later serving multiple terms in Congress. He also took an interest in the Baltimore banking business and became a member of the first Board of Directors of the B & 0 Railroad.

One of the many philanthropic gestures McKim made to the city, was the construction of the Baltimore Free School on land his father had donated to the city.” — Maryland Historical Society
Submitted: September 12, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p328532
File Size: 1.258 Megabytes

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