

1833
Jabez Delano Jr., Warren Delano I and Samuel Borden build a two-story stone candleworks and whale oil refinery at the head of Middle Street, just north of Washington Street. Warren Delano II goes to China, eventually becoming the a partner in Russell and Company, America's largest firm engaged in the China Trade, dealing in tea and opium. He is the senior trader in Canton and, with his brother "Ned," is present during the Opium War.
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