A Fine Selection of Manuscripts and Documents - Session 2

JOHN JACOB ASTOR: (1864 - 1912) American financier, served in the Spanish-American War, drowned in the Titanic disaster after he turned down a seat in

JAY COOKE: (1821 - 1905) American banker whose marketing of government bonds was essential for the financial support of the Union. Cooke was later qui

GEORGE W. GOETHALS: (1858 - 1928) American army officer and engineer appointed by Theodore Roosevelt to supervise construction of the Panama Canal. Ni

SAMUEL GOMPERS: (1850 - 1924) American labor leader, founder of the A.F.L. (1886). T.L.S. on American Federation of Labor letterhead, 1p. 4to., New Yo

HAROLDSON L. HUNT: (1889 - 1974) American oil magnate and billionaire with ultraconservative political views, founder of the Hunt Oil Co. which became

RICHARD MCDONALD: (d. 1998) American entrepreneur and co-founder of McDonald's Restaurants. Inscription and signature adding: "Founder of M...

CHARLES W. MORSE: Early 1900's rogue businessman and investor who cornered the New York ice market and manipulated prices, invested in steamship...

ADOLPH S. OCHS: (1858 - 1935) American newspaper publisher of The New York Times, director of the Associated Press and inventor of the rotogravure. Si

JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER: (1839 - 1937) American industrialist and philanthropist who organized Standard Oil and virtually monopolized the industry until h

WASHINGTON A. ROEBLING: (1837 - 1926) American civil engineer and the builder of the world's first suspension bridge, the Brooklyn Bridge. A.L.S...

WASHINGTON A. ROEBLING: (1837 - 1926) American civil engineer and the builder of the world's first suspension bridge, the Brooklyn Bridge. D.S. ...

NATHAN MEYER ROTHSCHILD: (1777 - 1836) British banker and politician who founded the Londan branch of the family's banking business, a member of...

DAVID SARNOFF: (1891 - 1971) American businessman, President of RCA, proposed first commercial radio receiver, and founder of NBC. T.L.S. on Radio Cor

CHARLES M. SCHWAB: (1862 - 1939) American industrialist, President of Carnegie Steel who sold the firm to J. P. Morgan and then headed Morgan's ...

WILLIAM L. SCOTT: (1828 - 1891) American railroad and coal magnate, also the first to build an elevated railroad in New York. A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo., Washin

ADOLPH SUTRO: (1830 - 1898) American-Jewish financier and politician who made a fortune as an engineer in the Nevada silver mines which he invested in

GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN: (1829 - 1904) Eccentric American financier, author, and independent candidate for President who spent his later years in New Yor

CORNELIUS VANDERBILT JR.: (1843 - 1899) American businessman, president of the N.Y. and Harlem Rail Road, and grandson of Commodore Vanderbilt. Partly

THOMAS P. WHEELOCK: Arms designer and manufacturer who specialized in small pistols, including the pepperbox. Uncommon A.L.S. "Allen & Thur...

LANGSTON HUGHES: (1902 - 1967) Black American writer and poet who gained recognition with his poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers". His bold ...