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Joseph Stickney (1840-1903) was a wealthy coal broker in Pennsylvania. He was a native of Waltham Massachusetts and made a fortune before the age of 30 investing in the coal business. He was born on May 31 1840 in Concord New Hampshire to Joseph Pearson Stickney (1796-1877) and Lucretia Gibson Stickney (1809-1840).In 1881 Stickney and his partner John N. Conyngham purchased the large Mount Pleasant Hotel in the White Mountains region of New Hampshire from lumberman John T.G. Leavitt.