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Eleazar Lord

Eleazar Lord taken from a miniature likeness painted on ivory when he was 36 years old, and which was a gift from him to his betrothed, in 1824.[1]

Eleazar Lord (September 9, 1788 – June 3, 1871) was an American author, educator, deacon of the First Protestant Dutch Church and first president of the Erie Railroad.

Lord was engaged in banking; founded the Manhattan insurance company, and served as its president 1821–34; was the first president of the Erie Railroad company; was a prominent friend of the New York university, and assisted in founding theological seminaries at East Windsor, Connecticut, and Auburn, New York.[2]

His principal works are Principles of currency; Geological Cosmogony: and an edition of Lempriere's Biographical Dictionary, with numerous additions.[2]

  1. ^ Edward Harold Mott Between the Ocean and the Lakes: The Story of Erie. Collins, 1899. p. 460-61 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ a b "LORD, Eleazar", in: Library of Universal Knowledge: A Reprint of the Last (1880) Edinburgh and London Edition of Chambers's Encyclopaedia, with Copious Additions by American Authors, Volume 9. p. 169

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