Career
He was regarded as one of the strongest chess players in Philadelphia. There he played several matches against James Mason (4: 5 in 1874 and 3: 1 in 1875), Wilhelm Steinitz (0: 7 in November 1882, 25: 45 in December 1882, and 1: 10 in 1883), and Johannes Zukertort (35: 95 in 1884). His pen-portrait (jointly with other participants of the tournament) was published on page 8 of the New York Times, 16 June 1889, under the heading "The Chessboard Kings".