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Identifier: historyofworcest03nuttc (find matches)
Title: History of Worcester and its people
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Nutt, Charles, 1868-1918
Subjects: Worcester (Mass.) -- History Worcester (Mass.) -- Biography
Publisher: New York, Lewis Historical Publishing Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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f trust and responsibility in this business and became widely acquaintedamong the dealers in boots and shoes in this section of the country. In 1888 heestablished a business on his own account as a jobber and manufacturer of boots andshoes, continuing until 1902. Mr. Blackers experience in business and his extensive study of bookkeeping andaccounts qualified him in an exceptional degree for the profession he has since fol-lowed. He opened an office as auditor and accountant in this city and has takenfront rank in his profession. His work is varied and largely confidential. Thoughmuch of his time is occupied in making periodical auditings of the books of largefirms and corporations who require under their by-laws the services of an outsideauditor, he is also employed to open and close the books of various concerns, installsystems of bookkeeping and make investigations for parties in business or about toengage in business. His office is at present at No. 618 Slater building; his home is
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Cy-q^/t?^ U< /%^^itA4^o-ti^^^ AND ITS PEOPLE 297 at No. g Irving street. Mr. Blacker has been for many years a trustee of tlie Me-chanics Savings Bank and is chairman of the board of auditors, and clerk of thecorporation. In early life Mr. Blacker took an active part in politics and municipal affairs. Herepresented his ward in the Common Council in the years 1882 and 1883 and served onimportant committees. He has never sought office and is naturally averse to publiclife. He is a communicant of the Protestant Episcopal church. Mr. Blacker is fondof travel and is a keen student of geography, being especially interested in the Arcticregions. He has followed with great interest the explorations of the frozen north andhas for his own pleasure prepared maps of Arctic territory showing the various ex-plorations and routes of travel thither. His recreation in youthful days was affordedby the bicycle. He learned to ride when the old high wheel was brought out andcontinued for many years an

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