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    1800-1865: BIRTH AND DEVELOPMENT ERA

    Horatio Allen
    Horatio Allen

    May 10, 1802 – December 31, 1889

    Matthias Baldwin
    Matthias Baldwin

    December 10, 1795 - September 7, 1866

    Peter Cooper
    Peter Cooper

    February 12, 1791 – April 4, 1883

    Stephen A. Douglas
    Stephen A. Douglas

    April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861

    William W. Gordon
    William W. Gordon

    January 17, 1796 – March 22, 1842

    Herman Haupt
    Herman Haupt

    March 26, 1817 – December 14, 1905

    Charles Minot
    Charles Minot

    August 30, 1810 - December 10, 1866

    William B. Ogden
    William B. Ogden

    June 15, 1805 – August 3, 1877

    George Pullman
    George Pullman

    March 3, 1831 – October 19, 1897

    Henry H. Rogers
    Henry H. Rogers

    January 29, 1840 - May 19, 1909

    Col. John Stevens
    Col. John Stevens

    June 26, 1749 - March 6, 1838

    John Edgar Thomson
    John Edgar Thomson

    February 10, 1808 - May 27, 1874

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