Background
Barlow was born on January 5, 1826 in Granville, Massachusetts, the eldest child of Samuel Bancroft Barlow, an esteemed Yale-graduated physician.
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Samuel Latham Mitchell Barlow I
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Born in Granville, Massachusetts, Barlow was admitted to the bar after spending seven years as an apprentice in a New York law practice. Afterwards, he formed several notable legal partnerships, such as Bowdoin, Larocque & Barlow and Shipman, Barlow, Larocque. Barlow was also a major stakeholder in The New York World newspaper.
He died at his summer home in Glen Cove, New York of heart failure.
Samuel"s English ancestors moved to Massachusetts in 1620. Samuel and his family moved to New York when he was young.
Barlow began working for a law firm, Melett & Gregg in either 1840 or 1842. He spent seven at that practice as an apprentice and office assistant before being admitted to the Barometer
He was later made manager of Melett & Gregg.
Barlow worked in numerous high-profile and rewarding cases. At 23, he was paid $250,000 to settle claims after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo with Mexico. He successfully acted as a conciliator to Cornelius Vanderbilt and William Henry Aspinwall, ending their bitter feud.
At the end of the Franco-Prussian War, Barlow settled a dispute concerning a $1,600,000 contract to send arms to France.
The arms were sent three months later. Among Barlow"s most notable victories, he successfully removed Jay Gould from power over the Erie Railroad, and returned it to the railroad"s stakeholders.
The suit ended with a $9,000,000 settlement. Barlow was made a director and counsel of the railroad after the suit.
The new firm became one of the most prominent practices in New New York
In politics, Barlow was a staunch Democrat, though he was never elected to any office. He was a major stakeholder in the newspaper The New York World, where he oversaw the paper"s operations until 1869.
Membership
Barlow was also a member of the high-class Manhattan and Union clubs, the former of which he helped foundation
