History of the Great American FortunesModern Library, 1936 - 732 páginas For contents and other editions, see Author Catalog. |
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... death , was estimated to be worth $ 150,000 , mostly in land.21 By the opening dec- ades of the nineteenth century few of the great estates in New York re- mained . One of the last of the patroons was Stephen Van Rensselaer , who died ...
... death , was estimated to be worth $ 150,000 , mostly in land.21 By the opening dec- ades of the nineteenth century few of the great estates in New York re- mained . One of the last of the patroons was Stephen Van Rensselaer , who died ...
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... death of this or that rich man . There is a record of the death of Alexander Milne , of New Or- leans , in 1838 and of his bequest of $ 200,000 to charitable institutions , and of the death of M. Kohne , of Charleston , S. C. , in the ...
... death of this or that rich man . There is a record of the death of Alexander Milne , of New Or- leans , in 1838 and of his bequest of $ 200,000 to charitable institutions , and of the death of M. Kohne , of Charleston , S. C. , in the ...
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... death and the distribution of his estate two years later , the sale of securities by the executors in 1929 had realized such large profits that Payne Whitney's estate had increased $ 52,721,270 within two years after his death ...
... death and the distribution of his estate two years later , the sale of securities by the executors in 1929 had realized such large profits that Payne Whitney's estate had increased $ 52,721,270 within two years after his death ...
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PREFACE TO THE 1936 EDITION | 19 |
PREFACE TO THE 1909 EDITION | 25 |
CHAPTER I | 31 |
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