[2] Sampson came to New York to work as an apprentice in the auction house of Boggs & Livingston founded in 1800.
Sampson was one of the founders of the Chemical Bank, subscribing to one tenth of the capital stock and asking to take more, but it was not thought wise to let any one hold more than that proportion.
[2] Sampson retired from business at a comparatively early age, but continued to take an active and leading part in the various companies and institutions with which he was connected as director.
[4] Sampson paid $70,000 for this property, leading John Jacob Astor to remark that he "did not know that there was any one in New York who could afford to pay such a price for a residence".
[6] Adele's maternal grandfather was John Broome, who served as Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1804 to 1810, and her sister was Julia Livingston, who married the Rev.