The old merchants of New York City / by Walter Barrett.

OF.V'EW YORK CITY.

He lived there until 1823, when Clendining & Buckley
moved their store to 209 Pearl street. It was dissolved
in 1826.
Old John Clendining retired from business in 1811,
and soon after sold his house and store in Pearl street
to William Redmond, removing to Bloomingdale, where
he died in 1836. His son, John, went into business with
Horace W. Bulklev about 1816, under'the firm of Clendining & Bulkley, which was kept up for several years.
Old John Clendining had two sons, John and James,
and four daughters. The eldest daughter, Margaret,
married Bulkley. Sally married William Hogan (late
Member of Congress for St. Lawrence County, N. Y).
Jane married Mr. Kearny, and is yet living. Letitia
married Mr. Mollan, nephew of the late Stuart Mollan,
not living. James is long since dead. John is living and
a bachelor. Mr. John Clendining was one of the
largest stockholders in the late U. S. Bank, under the
new charter, and his family sustained in consequence
very heavy loss.
John Adams removed two doors from his old store,
209 to 213 Pearl street, and there he kept many years
or until 1819, when lie retired from active business, and
removed his residence to 71 Chambers street. In 1819,
lie was elected one of the Governors of the New York
Hospital, and continued to be so until 1854, serving in
the office thirty-six years. He was Treasurer the whole
of that time. His portrait is still kept in the Governor's
room.
He was a Trustee for the Public School Society. He
was President of the Humane Society for many years.
He was elected Treasurer of the American Bible Society
on the decease of William W. Woolsey. He was a director of the City Bank for many years.
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