Background
Elias Hasket Derby was born on September 24, 1803, in Salem, Massachusetts. He was the son of Elias Hasket Derby, second, and Lucy (Brown) Derby. He was a twin, and the fourth son to be named for the father and grandfather.
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The Catholic : letters addressed by a jurist to a young kinsman proposing to join the Church of Rome
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A Preliminary Report On the Treaty of Reciprocity with Great Britain: To Regulate the Trade Between the United States and the Provinces of British North America. Prepared
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The overland route to the Pacific. A report on the condition, capacity and resources of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railways
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Two months abroad: or, A trip to England, France, Baden, Prussia, and Belgium: In August and September, 1843
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Elias Hasket Derby
Edit ProfileEducation
Derby received his preparatory schooling at Dr. Stearns's academy in Medford, Pinkerton Academy in Londonderry, New Hampshire, and the Boston Latin School. He graduated in 1824 from Harvard College.
Career
After graduation from college Elias Derby read law in the office of Daniel Webster and was admitted to the bar of the court of common pleas in Suffolk County in October 1827 and of the supreme court in October 1829. He soon won distinction at the bar, especially in railway cases. He acquired an extensive knowledge of railroading, was president for some years of the Old Colony Railroad and a director of several others, worked indefatigably to extend various lines, and was instrumental in securing the completion of the Hoosac Tunnel.
Much of his work brought him into close relations with public men and public affairs; Derby was sometimes consulted by high officers of the government on matters of difficulty and contributed not a little toward shaping their opinions and determining their policy. He wrote much for the press on a wide range of business and economic subjects, so that his favorite signature, "Massachusetts, " was long familiar to readers in the neighborhood of Boston. He also contributed to the Atlantic Monthly, the Edinburgh Review, and other periodicals.
His few independent publications were of little importance, though they possess some interest for a curious reader. Two Months Abroad; or, A Trip to England, France, Baden, Prussia, and Belgium (1844) and The Overland Route to the Pacific: A Report on the . .. Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railways (1869) are fairly well described by their titles. In both of them the serious student of railways and the businessman alert for more business are much in evidence. Another side of Derby's character is revealed in The Catholic: Letters Addressed by a Jurist to a Young Kinsman Proposing to Join the Church of Rome (1856).
Derby had amassed what was for the times a considerable fortune and was known for his generosity to his less fortunate relatives. He died in Boston at his home on Charles St.
Achievements
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Elias Derby's most notable services of the nature were his Preliminary Report on the Treaty of Reciprocity with Great Britain to Regulate the Trade between the United States and the Provinces of British North America (1866), prepared for Secretary of the Treasury Hugh M'Culloch, and his Letter to the Honorary William H. Seward . .. [on] the Relations of the United States with the British Provinces and the Actual Condition of the Question of the Fisheries (1867).
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The overland route to the Pacific. A report on the condition, capacity and resources of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railways
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The Catholic : letters addressed by a jurist to a young kinsman proposing to join the Church of Rome
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A Preliminary Report On the Treaty of Reciprocity with Great Britain: To Regulate the Trade Between the United States and the Provinces of British North America. Prepared
(This book was originally published prior to 1923, and rep...)
- Two months abroad: or, A trip to England, France, Baden, Prussia, and Belgium: In August and September, 1843
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The overland route to the Pacific. A report on the condition, capacity and resources of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railways
Connections
Derby married Eloise Lloyd Strong, daughter of George W. Strong of St. George's Manor, Long Island, on September 4, 1834.
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Died
March 31, 1880 (aged 76) -
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Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States -
Nationality
American