William Henry Aspinwall

William Henry Aspinwall

William Henry Aspinwall (1806-1875) was an American businessman.

In 1832 he became president of the "Howland & Aspinwall" merchant firm, which had been founded by his cousin and expanded expanded trade to South America, China, Europe, the Mediterranean, and the East and West Indies. In 1848 he founded the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. He then promoted the Panama Railroad across the Isthmus of Panama.

He retired in 1856 but remained active as a philanthropist. He was a founder of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals - SPCA (1866) and of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1869). [William Henry Aspinwall (1807-1875) - [http://www.trainweb.org/panama/aspinwall.html] ]

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