April 12, 2024
Salem Boston Massachusetts Historic Vintage Stock Exchange Receipt 1869 History
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This auction features an invoice for a Salem/ Boston area of Massachusetts. It is for a 1869 business/merchant/business/professional service/retail operation. It is for:John Pickering, Stock and exchange broker, union building, 40 State StreetPlease ask questions.49. VIII. 546. John Pickering [Sarah 49. VII. 268], born in Salem, died in Salem. A stock-broker. Residence: Salem.Mr. Pickering, H. C. 1830, was fitted for college by Mr. Simeon Putnam, of North Andover, Mass. He had a fondness and an aptitude for acquiring the classical and modern languages; and for a year after graduating he was a teacher of the Greek, Latin, and Spanish languages in Chauncy Hall School, Boston. He afterwards studied law in his father's office, and was admitted to the bar. He remained with his father till the hitter's death, when he gave up his profession to enter active business. In 1851, Mr. Pickering was elected a member of the Boston Stock Exchange, and established himself as a note and stock broker in Boston. Some years before his death he had a junior partner, Mr. Charles W. Moseley,* The Salem Gazette of Oct. 12, 1886; The Boston Journal of Oct. 13,1886; also A Half Century in Salem, by Mrs. M. C. D. Silsbee, pp. 98-99.under the business name of John Pickering & Moseley. During the more than thirty years that he devoted to business, he was recognized
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