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Abram French (1805–1884) was a crockery, glassware, and china dealer in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts.〔Boston Almanac. 1884.〕 ==Brief biography== French was born in Chelmsford, Massachusetts in February 1805,〔Abram French Dead; The Old Crockery Merchant Passes Away Unexpectedly at His Home in Jamaica Plain. Boston Daily Globe, Jan 15, 1884. p.2.〕 a descendant of William Abrams of Boston.〔Edward Griffin Porter. Rambles in old Boston, New England. Cupples, Upham and Company, 1886; p.125.〕 He clerked for crockery merchant Samuel B. Pierce on Broad Street, Boston, beginning in 1831. He was later associated with the firm of Andrew T. Hall.〔 Around 1841 French sold "china, glass and earthen ware" from his own shop on Milk Street, near Batterymarch St.〔"China, Glass and Earthen Ware. Boston Almanac. 1841.〕 He later formed a partnership with John T. Wells as French, Wells & Co. (ca.1850 - ca.1858) on Milk St., along with Josiah B. Kilbourn (ca.1850), and Robert E. Newman (ca.1858-1861).〔Boston Directory. 1850.〕〔Boston Directory. 1858.〕〔Boston Directory. 1861.〕 With George W. Bassett, French formed the firm of Bassett, French & Co. (ca.1868), also on Milk Street. Junior partners included John T. Wells, Lemuel E. Caswell and Lewis G. Coburn.〔Boston Directory. 1868.〕 Then beginning in 1869, French re-formed his business as Abram French & Co., and remained as main partner until his death in 1884. Among his junior partners were John T. Wells, Lemuel E. Caswell, Lewis G. Coburn, S. Waldo French.〔Boston Commercial Directory. 1869.〕〔Boston Almanac. 1874.〕〔Boston Almanac. 1876.〕 His son, William Abram French (1843–1909), joined the firm in 1867.〔(Massachusetts of today ): a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago. Columbia Publishing Company, 1892.〕 The firm billed itself as "importers of crockery, china and glass ware, French and Bohemian fancy goods, silver plated ware and cutlery, paper hangings."〔 He served as an Inspector for city Ward No. 9 in 1848.〔City Directory of Boston. 1848.〕 In 1853 he served as a judge in the exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, held at Faneuil and Quincy Halls.〔7th exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association. Boston, 1853; p.52.〕 French lived in Boston on Edinboro St., ca.1858-1868. Around 1873 he moved with his family to an estate once owned by Samuel Griswold Goodrich in Jamaica Plain. At some point he also owned the Warren house, 130 Warren Street, Roxbury.〔Harriet Manning Whitcomb. Annals and Reminiscences of Jamaica Plain. Printed at The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1897.〕 In 1874, the business expanded to Chicago.〔 After the old Milk St. shop burned in the fire of 1872, Abram French & Co. moved in 1879 to a new building on Franklin St. at the corner of Devonshire St.〔Abram French & Company; Opening of the New Store of the Firm; Spacious Show Rooms and Choice Goods --Some of the Attractions of the New Establishment. Boston Daily Globe, Dec 16, 1875. p.5.〕〔Boston Almanac. 1879.〕 By all accounts the new shop presented merchandise in a tasteful and remarkably luxurious setting. The firm also exhibited specimens in the 1874 and 1881 exhibitions of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association. As for recreational baseball, in August 1882, the Abram French & Co. baseball team lost to Jones, McDuffee & Stratton.〔Jones, McDuffee & Stratton, 12; Abram French & Co., 11. Boston Daily Globe, Aug 13, 1882. p.7.〕 French died after a sudden illness in January, 1884, at his home in Jamaica Plain, and was buried in Forest Hills Cemetery.〔Funeral of Abram French. Boston Daily Globe, Jan 17, 1884. p.4.〕 He had been married, with seven children.〔 His son William A. French continued the crockery business in his name;〔Harvard College Class of 1865. Secretary's report. 1921.〕 as did his grandson, H.C. French (who also dealt chinaware in Chicago in the 1880s with French, Thomas & Co.).〔Harvard Graduates' Magazine. 1901.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Abram French」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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