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Philip Hone was was born on October 25, 1780 in New York City, New York, United States, of German-French ancestry, his father being a joiner of limited means.
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Philip Hone was was born on October 25, 1780 in New York City, New York, United States, of German-French ancestry, his father being a joiner of limited means.
At sixteen Hone began assisting his elder brother John in an auction business, and at nineteen became a partner. The firm rapidly grew to be one of the most profitable in New York, its net profits in the single year 1815 reaching $159, 000, and it gave Hone at forty a fortune of at least a half million. Retiring from business in May 1821, he made a tour of Europe.
Elected mayor for one year when in 1825 the Democratic city counsel split upon two rival candidates, he ably represented the city at the reception of Lafayette and the opening of the Erie Canal. He became conspicuous in the most exclusive social circles, was a local leader of the Whig party from its birth, served as a vestryman of Trinity, a trustee of Columbia College and the Mercantile Library, was an officer of the Bank for Savings, and was active in civic and charitable undertakings. Hone's claims to repute as an able, honorable, and conservative citizen were known to everyone; but his immortality rests upon the secret diary which he kept from 1828 to 1851, and which furnishes the best extant picture of New York life in that period. Most of his activities are therein described. He was one of the projectors of the Delaware & Hudson Canal, and part owner of the coal mines opened near its Honesdale, Pennsylvania, terminus, named in his honor. He was a shareholder in the first unsuccessful Italian opera house in New York, and in a hotel venture at Rockaway which also failed.
He made frequent visits to Boston, Saratoga, and Washington, and in 1836 toured Europe again. Only once did he again run for office, being defeated for the state Senate in 1839; but he was indefatigable in organizing the Whigs, addressing meetings, and raising party funds. Till late in life he assiduously attended the theatre, and knew all the stage folk of note. Washington Irving, Henry Brevoort, and John P. Kennedy were close friends, and he knew Cooper, Halleck, and other writers well. The diary records a constant succession of dinners with or to the city's leading business and professional men. In the panic of 1837, Hone, who had signed much paper to launch two sons in business, lost a large part of his estate. Disappointed in an effort to obtain the New York postmastership from Tyler, he reentered business as head of the American Mutual Insurance Company, and after its bankruptcy was appointed naval officer of the port by President Taylor. A tour of the Western prairies in 1847 left him with impaired health, but he maintained his diary till within five days of his death.
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Hone was a member of the Whig Party. He was intimate with Webster, Clay, J. Q. Adams, and Seward, and often entertained them at his home; once, presiding at a Whig dinner in Washington between Clay and Webster, he placed his hands on their shoulders and made the assemblage swear "to make one of us President of the United States. " He paid Webster extended visits at Marshfield.
Hone was one of the original founders of the Union Club.
On October 1, 1801, Hone married Catharine Dunscomb. They had six children.