Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-02
JAMES. NlAuHY, J:
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| -CFrom the Liverpool Daily Post.(.@
One OF tn first tenants Of the Old sEx-
| change building was AIR, James. Alaury
American merchant, WHOSE cn ;lIl
nonse had pEeyiotisty been u pa l,fl
independenceatofT the = former = Colo1les'
President 1NashtEgto bestowed upon jl'll
t1auFy the, position OF United ,Stales ON
patss 70 7sf5zch TIE G9rlzQ! had 10 give
ais attention sitfe:rsd TO the place o.
growth Of eight bags OF cotton CONSIGNED
/ from CharlesEons c., IN On america IS 7
ship to Aessrs- William Rathbone, s. Son.
|. 50 large a quantity Of cotton had not pre-
|, viously been received from any portion
/ ofawflat has since become known as the
4outh:E and. tEi>zs Customs Ginger. susp=etsa
Charleston. II such had been the case
the import Of the cotton in an American
ship would have bean an: mira ctlon :, OF
Mr. Marry AMI Messrs.. Ra.til bone ecpe-
rienced no difficulty il alNl.aying stls-
n.eioris O. the proha bly, unnecessarily Wig
Streets Of Liverpool It IS said that Mr.
A,auEN held the appointment tWenty;slN
years, and Sir James Picton. in his Ae-
MORALS Of Liverpool gives the period
Of a quarter Of a century; but, as mat
ter OF fact, Mr.. Maury was Consul Tor
1orty,-six years-that is. from Il 3 TO Els2'&
Ii the last, ran7fd wear he - =. ss'lnn r.
seded at the instance OF President An
drew Jackson, who was the Hrsr Amerl-
can, President to introduce the "spoils
system into what may b. termed
United States patronage. The system mad
Z for some time been in vogue in gconnec-
%1ion with the governments of the sspa-
rate States.4. but it did not become q
7 feature in national as distinguished from
State. party politics until the election
Of General Jackson.
Mr. Maury was universally respected.
and on his retirement from the office Of
Consul lin 1920 his fellownnerchan pre-
vice of plate Of the value of $3.50 sterling.
"a (Mr. Maury was born in Virginia. and
was son Of the Rev. James N-aury Of
Fredericksville parish, Louisa county.
Albenfarle county. where he is buried.l f.
Mr.. Maury had three sons-MattheW.
William. and Rutsen-tne whole ofTWhom
eventually5 became partners their
From the time, he came to Liverpool
down TO 1915 Mr.. Maury was by himself
nership Mr. William Latham. His two!
1sons---Aia tthew and eRutson-.became part
ners IN 1921. A few Years later his third
son, William, WIS admitted. In this way
Maury: .Latla n g Go. Mr. Maury died
in the early thirties Somewhere about
the same time Rutson and Matthew went
to America. In 1886 Nj. Latham retired
ana NFHl ~ leSluc a. S'aA eol idai,'
Cheshire. There now remained only VIII
liam, who continued the business as
ia mes Maury & Sons until about 1850,
When the firm ceased.
Z Mr.. Rutson Maury was: at the head
Of the New York firm Of sMaury & Co.
He died III 1854 a an ADVANCED ase.
liverpool, July 12.-A graceful compli-
nlen1 was paid to the United States
in the remarkable sympathetic: reception
.of~tl1e special envoy to the coronation
at Liverpool to-day. He was met at the
sta ton BY the, Fading members Of tie
Chamber Of Commerce organized q ce1i-
tury ago and Welcomed to the city
The dinner at the Cha nlber Of. Commerce
was admirably conducted IN the evering
at the Adephia Hotel. aud was a FEAST
Of international good feeling. The most
cons:,ict,ous decora ton was a portrait OF
James Marry who was the United
States Consul from the days Of Wash
ingt6n TO 1929, rep,tesen ting America in
England for over years o. y