Early Life
Rindge was born in Cambridge, the only surviving son of the six children of Samuel B. Rindge (1820—1883) and Clarissa Harrington (1822—1885). He grew up in the "Rindge mansion," still standing at the corner of Dana and Harvard Streets in Cambridge. He entered Harvard College in 1875 but poor health forced him to leave the College in his senior year. He spent several years traveling through Europe and America, including a brief period as a Colorado sheep rancher. In 1883 he inherited his father's estate, then worth nearly $2 million from his father's investments in textile mills and real estate.
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