History of the Great American FortunesModern Library, 1936 - 732 páginas For contents and other editions, see Author Catalog. |
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... trade of a cooper , give him " apparell , meat , drink and bedding " and at the expiration of the term will supply him with " two good suits of wearing apparell from head to foot . " Cornelius ... trade . A THE RISE OF THE TRADING CLASS 55.
... trade of a cooper , give him " apparell , meat , drink and bedding " and at the expiration of the term will supply him with " two good suits of wearing apparell from head to foot . " Cornelius ... trade . A THE RISE OF THE TRADING CLASS 55.
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... trade and fortunes . It might be thought , paren- thetically , that Whitney himself should have made a surpassing fortune from an invention which brought millions of dollars to planters and traders . But his inventive ability and ...
... trade and fortunes . It might be thought , paren- thetically , that Whitney himself should have made a surpassing fortune from an invention which brought millions of dollars to planters and traders . But his inventive ability and ...
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... trade of these fell off precipitately , the population and trade of New York City nearly doubled in a single decade . The value of land began to in- crease stupendously . The swamps , rocky wastes and flats and the land under water of a ...
... trade of these fell off precipitately , the population and trade of New York City nearly doubled in a single decade . The value of land began to in- crease stupendously . The swamps , rocky wastes and flats and the land under water of a ...
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PREFACE TO THE 1936 EDITION | 19 |
PREFACE TO THE 1909 EDITION | 25 |
CHAPTER I | 31 |
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acres amount Astor bankers banking became bill bonds bribed bribery brought capital capitalists cent Chapter charged coal commercial Commission Congress corporations corruption defrauded directors Erie Railroad extortion fact force fortune franchises frauds fraudulent funds Gould and Fisk Government Harriman House hundred Huntington immense industrial interests Interstate Commerce Commission investigating committee issue J. P. Morgan John Jacob Astor labor land grant large number legislative Legislature loot magnates manufacturers ment merchants methods millions of dollars multimillionaire officials owners ownership Pacific Railroad Company paid passed Pennsylvania plunder political profits propertied classes Railway rich road Sage secured selling Session shares sold Southern Pacific Railroad stockholders street swindle theft tion trade transaction treasury trust Union Pacific Railroad United States Senate Vanderbilt Vanderbilt family vote wages wealth William workers York Central York Central Railroad York City