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John Murray Forbes was another notable person associated with Russell & Co. Despite his involvement in the opium trade, Forbes was a known philanthropist and was instrumental in the establishment of the Massachusetts General Hospital and Manhattan's Hospital for Special Surgery, as well as the Perkins Institution for the Blind. Moreover, in the 1850s, he held the presidency of both the Michigan Central Railroad and the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad.


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