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

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have I hen as great an honor to the old house as the
other partners have been. Hie was a bachelor; so, too,
was Mr. Boisseau, and so is Mr. Ingoldsby. The firm
continued as Stout, Ingoldsby & Co. until 1840, when
Mr. Aquilla G. Stout left it, and it was then changed
to Ingoldsby & Boisseau.
Mr. Stout for many years had his residence at No. 62
Varick street. He continued to keep his place of business at the old store, No. 119 Maiden lane, until 1846,
when he was elected president of the Eagle Fire Insurance Company, and went to No. 71 Wall. This was
one of the oldest companies in the city, having been
chartered in 1806. John B. Coles was its first president,
and William W. Woolsey its next. I wrote quite a
lengthy account of it in my sketch of Henry J. Wyckoff, who was also a president for the Eagle Company.
Mr. Stout continued to be its president until he died, in
June, 1858. He married Miss Morris. He left a son
and a daughter. Both are married. Mr. Stout was a
most worthy man. He was an honor to the name and
to the old house his worthy brother founded, and that
he was so long connected with.
Aquilla G. Stout was a clear-headed merchant, and
an able financier. iHe was for a long t me a director of
the Leather Manufacturer's Bank of which Fanning C.
Tucker was President. Both Aquilla G. Stout and
Mr. Tucker were brought up in the counting-house of
Robert Lennox. The latter thought much of young
Stout. It is a curious fact that every one, out of a large
number of young men that were brought up by Mr.
Lennox, did well, and became very rich, and were thorough business men and merchants. Mr. Stout was a
credit to any corporation. He was noble in every act.
It is a fact worthy of being mentioned, that in all the