At the age of 12, he moved to Portland, Maine for six or eight years, and then became interested in commercial affairs in Boston, Massachusetts, where he owned profitable real estate. He was a very successful wine merchant, a railroad promoter and was a major investor in the Bradys Bend Iron Company in Brady's Bend, Pennsylvania.
Mr. Sawyer never married; but had an adopted daughter, Lydia Newell Osgood, of Newburyport, who became the wife of Curtis B. Raymond. He died on March 31, 1857, at Boston, Massachusetts.
By his will, dated April 5, 1853, he bequeathed to this adopted daughter his mansion-house on the corner of Beacon and Park Streets and gave to the city of Newburyport the sum of US$5,000 (US$127,000.00 in 2009 dollars), the income to be used in the purchase of books for the Public library.
Mr. Sawyer never married; but had an adopted daughter, Lydia Newell Osgood, of Newburyport, who became the wife of Curtis B. Raymond. He died on March 31, 1857, at Boston, Massachusetts.
By his will, dated April 5, 1853, he bequeathed to this adopted daughter his mansion-house on the corner of Beacon and Park Streets and gave to the city of Newburyport the sum of US$5,000 (US$127,000.00 in 2009 dollars), the income to be used in the purchase of books for the Public library.
At the age of 12, he moved to Portland, Maine for six or eight years, and then became interested in commercial affairs in Boston, Massachusetts, where he owned profitable real estate. He was a very successful wine merchant, a railroad promoter and was a major investor in the Bradys Bend Iron Company in Brady's Bend, Pennsylvania.
Mr. Sawyer never married; but had an adopted daughter, Lydia Newell Osgood, of Newburyport, who became the wife of Curtis B. Raymond. He died on March 31, 1857, at Boston, Massachusetts.
By his will, dated April 5, 1853, he bequeathed to this adopted daughter his mansion-house on the corner of Beacon and Park Streets and gave to the city of Newburyport the sum of US$5,000 (US$127,000.00 in 2009 dollars), the income to be used in the purchase of books for the Public library.
Mr. Sawyer never married; but had an adopted daughter, Lydia Newell Osgood, of Newburyport, who became the wife of Curtis B. Raymond. He died on March 31, 1857, at Boston, Massachusetts.
By his will, dated April 5, 1853, he bequeathed to this adopted daughter his mansion-house on the corner of Beacon and Park Streets and gave to the city of Newburyport the sum of US$5,000 (US$127,000.00 in 2009 dollars), the income to be used in the purchase of books for the Public library.
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