1441 - JOHN JACOB ASTORAlexander Historical Auctions
(1763 - 1848) American fur trader and financier, Astor grew to become the dominant fur trader in America and built a fortune from investments in gover
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1442 - JOHN PIERPONT MORGANAlexander Historical Auctions
(1837 - 1913) American banker and financier who founded J.P. Morgan & Co., reorganized American railroads and founded U.S. Steel. Partly-printed...
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1443 - WILLIAM COORSAlexander Historical Auctions
(b. 1916) Grandson of Adolph Coors, the founder of the Coors Brewing Company. William Coors has been affiliated with the company for 64 years, and was
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1445 - CYRUS W. FIELDAlexander Historical Auctions
"We have now over 2200 nautical miles of cable completed…"
(1819 - 1892) American financier who promoted the first trans-Atlantic cable. ...
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1446 - HARVEY S. FIRESTONEAlexander Historical Auctions
(1868 - 1938) American industrialist and friend of edison and Ford, Firestone pioneered many tire innovations for the company which still bears his na
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1447 - THE DIARIES OF WILLIAM A. FULLERAlexander Historical Auctions
The Chicago building boom at the turn of the century
WILLIAM ALDEN FULLER (b. 1836) Chicago merchant and banker; a principal of Palmer, Fuller &...
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1448 - BILL GATESAlexander Historical Auctions
(b. 1955) American business magnate, computer programmer and philanthropist. Gates is the former chief executive and current chairman of Microsoft, th
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1449 - RICHARD J. GATLINGAlexander Historical Auctions
(1818 - 1903) American businessman and inventor of the precursor of the machine gun, the Gatling gun. His invention was used with great effect during
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1450 - WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARSTAlexander Historical Auctions
(1863 - 1951) American newspaper publisher who built circulation using sensational reporting and helped give rise to the era of "yellow journal...
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1451 - THOMAS LIPTONAlexander Historical Auctions
(1850 - 1931) British merchant and yachtsman who made his fortune importing tea from his plantations in Ceylon. A very attractive item, a gold-embosse
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1452 - ELIPHALET AND SAMUEL REMINGTONAlexander Historical Auctions
(1828 - 1924) American gun manufacturer, a co-owner with brothers Philo and Samuel of E. Remington & Sons gun-makers. Eliphalet was responsible ...
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1453 - DONALD TRUMPAlexander Historical Auctions
(b. 1946) American business magnate, television personality and author. He is the chairman and president of The Trump Organization and the founder of
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1454 - JOHN WANAMAKERAlexander Historical Auctions
(1838-1922) American merchant, religious leader, civic and political figure, considered by some to be the father of modern advertising and a pioneer i
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1455 - ELI WHITNEY, JR.Alexander Historical Auctions
(1820-?) The only son of inventor of the cotton gin, Eli Whitney, which revolutionized the trade, he assumed control of his father's armory in N...
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1456 - (ADAM SMITH)Alexander Historical Auctions
(1723-1790) Scottish political economist and author of the hugely influential volume The Wealth of Nations which outlined the principles of capitalism
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1459 - BUSINESS LEADERS AND PHILANTHROPISTSAlexander Historical Auctions
A group of eight signatures of prominent men in early twentieth-century business and philanthropy, most on small sheets and mounted. Includes: JOHN D.
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1460 - SCRIPOPHILYAlexander Historical Auctions
A lot of nine attractive stock certificates from1887-1920, issuing shares in: the Victoria Consolidated Mining Company, Orient Gold Placer, Chicago-Te
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1461 - SAMUEL L. CLEMENSAlexander Historical Auctions
Clemens writes Livy on the eve of delivering his famous "Babies" speech before U. S. Grant
(1835 - 1910) "Mark Twain", American...
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