William Henry Aspinwall -
millionaire
… William Henry Aspinwall
resigned as president of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co in 1856 and spend the
remaining years of his life travelling and sponsoring his favorite
philanthropies, including the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
(SPCA). During Civil War, he joined John Murray Forbes in a diplomatic
mission to England, preventing the launch of the Laird rams, which were
designed to wreck the Union Navy. In 1869, he was a co-founder of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art. William Henry Aspinwall died …
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