McLean, Samuel, 1820-1893

Samuel McLean (1820-1893) was a Brooklyn merchant who worked in the dry goods trade with the firm William Turnbull & Co. He later went into partnership with Frank Woodruff in the storage warehouse business. McLean was an active member of the Hamilton Literary Association, a Brooklyn debating society, and was the first president of the Hamilton Club, a social club that later absorbed the Hamilton Literary Association. McLean was also active in the Long Island Historical Society (now the Brooklyn Historical Society) and was a member of Brooklyn's Grace Church.

Source: "Samuel McLean Dead." New York Times, January 12, 1893. Accessed April 14, 2011. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F20E1EFE3C5515738DDDAB0994D9405B8385F0D3

From the guide to the Samuel McLean speeches, 1866-1885, (Brooklyn Historical Society)

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