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HENRY POMEROY, an American financier, born in Troy, Pa., Pa. , in 1867, and educated privately at South Williamstown, Mass. In 1891 he became teller of the Astor Place National Bank in New York City and rose gradually in the financial world until in 1899. he became president of the Liberty National Bank of New York. A year or two later he became Vice-President of the First National Bank. Later he entered the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co. and became an active partner in that concern. In concern. 1917 he was appointed chairman of the war council of the American Red Cross and during the World War he largely directed the huge undertakings of this society. After the close of the war he devoted himself to reconstruction problems in Europe.
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