Thomas Handasyd Perkins, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetThomas Handasyd Perkins
American businessman
Date of Birth: 15-Dec-1764
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: 11-Jan-1854
Profession: businessperson
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Thomas Handasyd Perkins
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- Perkins (December 15, 1764 – January 11, 1854), was a wealthy Boston merchant and an archetypical Boston Brahmin.
- Starting with bequests from his grandfather and father-in-law, he amassed a huge fortune.
- As a young man he was a slave trader in Haiti, a Maritime Fur Trader, trading furs from the American Northwest to China, and then a major smuggler of Turkish opium into China.
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