fresh capital, helped to mitigate their debts. Houghton's firm also retained the right to the Tickner and Fields backlist, from which it could freely benefit. Houghton died at his summer home in North Andover, Massachusetts on August 25, 1895. He had one son and three daughters. In his 1891 will, he appointed daughter Elizabeth Harris Houghton "representative to nominate a patient for the free bed the testator established in the Cambridge hospital". References Sources External links 1823 births 1893 deaths People from Caledonia County, Vermont University of Vermont alumni American publishers (people) Mayors of Cambridge, Massachusetts 19th-century American politicians General Society of Colonial Wars 19th-century American businesspeople