A Fine Selection of Manuscripts and Documents - Session 2

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 ...