1. Marcellus Hartley was an American arms dealer and merchant.
13 Facts About Marcellus Hartley
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Marcellus Hartley was appointed as an agent by the Union Army to purchase guns from Europe during the American Civil War.
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Marcellus Hartley later manufactured cartridges for breech-loading guns, owned the Remington Arms Company and diversified into other areas of commerce.
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Marcellus Hartley was educated in New York and entered his father's business at the age of seventeen as a clerk.
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Marcellus Hartley had to defend itself in front of the grand jury when accusations were made against the partners of selling goods to the South.
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The Secretary of War sought advice on who could act on their behalf and the name of Marcellus Hartley was put forward.
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When Marcellus Hartley was a salesman traveling in the West in the 1850s, an acquaintance gave him a metallic cartridge as a souvenir.
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Marcellus Hartley became involved with the early development and application of electrical generation and supply.
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Marcellus Hartley invested heavily in the United States Electrical Lighting Company, working with inventors such as Hiram Maxim, and using the designs of Edward Weston and Moses G Farmer.
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Marcellus Hartley was the first British politician to put the case before Parliament for the abolition of slavery in 1776.
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Marcellus Hartley lived at 232 Madison at the intersection of 37th Street and he gave Emma and her new husband the adjoining house.
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Marcellus Hartley was raised by his grandparents and eventually became heir to the Hartley business and the largest part of the Hartley fortune.
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Marcellus Hartley died on January 8,1902, whilst attending a business meeting.