to build a naval base at the Haitian deep water port of Môle-Saint-Nicolas but the deal failed in part due to the strict terms set by Clyde. Douglass quit his post in 1891 and published his side of the story about why negotiations for a U.S. naval base in Haiti failed. In 1890, Clyde purchased 9,000 acres on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina for use as a private hunting preserve. By 1899 the company had lines from New York to Wilmington, Brunswick, New York to Philadelphia, Philadelphia to Norfolk, New York to the West Indies, from Boston, Providence, and New York to Jacksonville, Florida as well as a St. John River Line. The steamships connected to rail lines in Florida. The company was sold to Charles W. Morse in 1906. He was a charter member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. He died on November 18, 1923 and was interred at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia. References 1839 births 1923 deaths 19th-century American railroad executives American chief executives American businesspeople in shipping Burials at Laurel Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia) People from Claymont, Delaware People of Pennsylvania in the American Civil War Trinity College (Connecticut) alumni