The brothers, Abijah and Alvarez Fisk
were merchants who worked with cotton, sugar, coffee, and other goods. It was this industry that made them wealthy
and able to provide the donations to the city they loved. Their early lives are harder to locate,
however, making them an interesting enigma.
Of course, due to numerous fires, hurricanes and floods many records in
New Orleans have disappeared forever. It
is due to the ties to the public libraries that there are any records at
all.
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