Joseph Grinnell (politician)
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Joseph Grinnell was an American politician and businessman who was a U.S. representative from Massachusetts. He was a friend of Abraham Lincoln, and the brother of Moses Hicks Grinnell.
Joseph Grinnell
Henry Grinnell
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Henry Grinnell was an American merchant and philanthropist.
Joseph Grinnell (politician)
…Massachusetts on November 17, 1788. He was the son of Cornelius Grinnell (1758–1850) and Sylvia (née Howland) Grinnell (1765–1837). His siblings included Henry Grinnell and Moses Hicks Grinnell. After completing preparatory studies he moved to New York City in 1809, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits…
Henry Grinnell, head and shoulders portrait, three quarters to the left
Portrait of Grinnell's granddaughter, Frances Sherborne Ridley Watts, by John Singer Sargent, 1877