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23. John Jacob Astor - A Self-Invented Money-Making Machine john jacob astor A SelfInvented Money-Making Machine. Together they helpedmake john jacob astor one of the richest men in North America. http://americanhistory.about.com/library/prm/blfurtrade1.htm

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24. Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848, American Merchant. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixt astor, john jacob, 17631848, American merchant. The Columbia Encyclopedia, SixthEdition. 2001. 2001. astor, john jacob, 1763–1848, American merchant. http://www.bartleby.com/65/as/AstrJJGer.html

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25. Astor, John Jacob, 1864-1912, American Financier. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Six astor, john jacob, 18641912, American financier. The Columbia Encyclopedia, SixthEdition. 2001. 2001. astor, john jacob, 1864–1912, American financier. http://www.bartleby.com/65/as/AstrJJRhin.html

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27. Encyclopedia Titanica: First Class Passenger: Mrs John Jacob Astor (Madeleine Fo Mrs john jacob astor. In August 1912, she gave birth to a son with whom she was pregnanton the Titanic, and she named him after her husband, john jacob astor. http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/bio/p/1st/astor_jj2.shtml

Mrs John Jacob Astor Photo: Daily Mirror , April 16, 1912, p.8 Mrs John Jacob Astor (Madeleine Force), 18, was the wife of millionaire John Jacob Astor , they had been on an extended honeymoon in Egypt and Paris and, in the spring of 1912, decided to return to America as First Class passengers on board the brand new Titanic They boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg with Colonel Astor's manservant Mr Victor Robbins , Mrs Astor's maid Miss Rosalie Bidois and their pet Airedale Kitty. Also accompanying the Astors was Mrs Astor's private nurse Miss Caroline Louise Endres After the accident Colonel Astor left his suite to investigate, he quickly returned and reported to Madeleine that the ship had struck ice. He reassured her that the damage did not appear serious. Later as they waited on the boat deck , Mrs Astor lent Leah Aks her shawl to keep her son Filly warm. At one point the Astors retired to the gymnasium and sat on the mechanical horses. They wore their lifebelts but Colonel Astor had found another and cut the lining with a pen knife to show his wife what it was made of. Colonel and Mrs Astor later moved down to A-Deck from where Mrs Astor boarded lifeboat 4 aided by her husband and Second Officer Charles Lightoller Madeleine inherited from her husband the income from a five-million-dollar trust fund and the use of his home on Fifth Avenue and in the Newport so long as she did not marry. In August 1912, she gave birth to a son with whom she was pregnant on the

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John Jacob Astor, American Fur Company, Pacific Fur Companies, Southwest Fur Company John Jacob Astor Born: July 17, 1763 in Germany Died: 1848 in New York John Jacob Astor was a major Fur trader and merchant John Jacob Astor established the American Fur Company in 1808 and later the Pacific Fur Companies and Southwest Fur Company with trading posts across the country John Jacob Astor established Astoria, Oregon in 1811 in hopes of developing the Far East market but the War of 1812 blockaded the post and he eventually sold it to the British John Jacob Astor monopolized the fur trade until 1834 when he retired from the fur business. Investments in real estate in New York made him the richest man in the United States and its' first millionaire on record American Fur Company Pacific Fur Companies Southwest Fur Company Back to American Western History Museums ... Gold and Silver Exchange we trade our goods and services for your gold and silver coin at very good prices unless noted otherwise. Bulletin board Service For Sale or Trade Surplus Goods and Equipment Back to the camp-fire American Western Trading Post Legal, ©1999 American Western History Museum, Policy page

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31. Astor, John Jacob, 1763–1848, American Merchant astor, john jacob, as'tur Pronunciation Key. astor, john jacob , 1763–1848,American merchant, b. Walldorf, near Heidelberg, Germany. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0805116.html

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32. Titanic: Astor, John Jacob astor, john jacob (b. July 17, 1763, Waldorf, Ger.d. March 29, 1848,New York City), fur magnate and founder of a renowned family http://search.eb.com/titanic/johnastor.html

Astor, John Jacob (b. July 17, 1763, Waldorf, Ger.d. March 29, 1848, New York City), fur magnate and founder of a renowned family of Anglo-American capitalists, business leaders, and philanthropists. His American Fur Company is considered the first U.S. business monopoly. Astor started a fur-goods shop in New York City about 1786 after learning about the fur trade while aboard the ship that brought him to the U.S. Benefitting from a treaty between England and the U.S. (1794) that opened up new markets in Canada and the Great Lakes region, and from shrewd dealings with Indian tribes, he had by 1800 amassed $250,000 and become the leading figure in the fur trade. Given permission to trade in ports monopolized by the British East India Company, he made lucrative fur transactions in China (1800-17), but his plan to establish a network of fur-trading posts around Astoria (now in Oregon) failed when the British captured the post during the War of 1812. At the same time, however, Astor invested in New York City real estate that became the foundation of the family fortune. His son, William Backhouse Astor (1792-1875), greatly expanded the family real estate holdings, building more than 700 stores and dwellings in New York City. The wealthiest person in the U.S. at the time of his death, the senior Astor bequeathed $400,000 for the founding of a public library, the Astor Library, in New York City, which was consolidated with others as the New York Public Library in 1895.

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TITANIC John Jacob and Madeleine Astor With a net worth well over 87 million dollars, John Astor the fourth was without a doubt the richest man aboard the Titanic. Backed by a powerful family fortune made from fur trading, Astor had made millions of his own investing in real estate. He also held patents on a number of items of his own invention, including an improved bicycle brake, and a turbine engine. Astor led a fairly remarkable life. During the Spanish American war, Astor financed his own battalion. Before the war, he wrote a science fiction novel about life on other planets. He also invented a "vibratory disintegrator", which supposedly produced some sort of gas from peat moss. (peat moss produces trace gasses on its own, but they didn't know that in 1912) He boarded the ship with his wife, ( 19 and pregnant at the time, and her age was quite a point of conversation with other first class passengers) , a maid, a manservant, a personal nurse, and a dog, and his staterooms were without equal. With working fireplaces, and adjoining quarters for servants, the suites cost $4,000.00, an amount that equals $50,000.00 in today's dollars.

34. ASTOR, JOHN JACOB, HOTEL, Clatsop County, Oregon National Register of Historic Places Clatsop County, Oregon. astor, john jacob, HOTEL.Address 1401 COMMERCIAL ST astorIA, OR 97103. Date Built. Historic Function. http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/shpo/clatsop/clatsop02.html

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35. Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848 astor, john jacob, 17631848 1763-1848, American merchant, b. Walldorf,near Heidelberg, Germany. astor, john jacob, 1763-1848. http://www.slider.com/enc/4000/Astor_John_Jacob_1763-1848.htm

SubmitWolf - Award winning Internet Software Home Encyclopeadia A Arz - Ass ... Rope Ladders Trellian WebPage Slider Search: The Web Encyclopaedia Shopping Index Help Encyclopaedia Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848 1763-1848, American merchant, b. Walldorf, near Heidelberg, Germany. At the age of 16 he went to England, and five years later, in 1784, he arrived in Baltimore, penniless. He later went to New York City, where in a few years he entered into business with a small shop for trade in musical instruments and furs. Shrewdness, driving ambition, and stolid concentration brought him to a commanding position in the burgeoning economy of the United States. He became a leader of the China trade and was an astute investor in lands, principally in and around New York City, but he is perhaps best remembered as a fur trader. He chartered the American Fur Company Astoria , Oregon) and the South West Company (operating around the Great Lakes). His firm exercised a virtual monopoly of the trade in U.S. territories in the 1820s and still did when he retired from it in 1834. The wealthiest man in the United States at his death, he left a fortune that has continued to make the family name prominent. Part of his money went to found the Astor Library (see New York Public Library ). His Astor House was a forerunner of family hotel properties that much later included the Astor Hotel and the Waldorf-Astoria.

36. Astor, John Jacob, 1864-1912 astor, john jacob, 18641912 1864-1912, American financier, b. Rhinebeck, NY;son of William Backhouse astor (1829-92). astor, john jacob, 1864-1912. http://www.slider.com/enc/4000/Astor_John_Jacob_1864-1912.htm

Home Encyclopeadia A Arz - Ass ... Rope Ladders Slider Search: The Web Encyclopaedia Shopping Index Help Encyclopaedia Astor, John Jacob, 1864-1912 1864-1912, American financier, b. Rhinebeck, N. Y.; son of William Backhouse Astor (1829-92). He served in the Spanish-American War. Drowned in the Titanic disaster, he left two sons, Vincent, the son of his first marriage, and John Jacob Astor, fifth of the name in America, the son of his second marriage. Add URL Advertise Contact Us

37. Project Gutenberg Titles By Astor, John Jacob Project Gutenberg Titles by. john jacob astor. A Journey in OtherWorlds. You can also look up this author on The Online Books Page http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/author?name=Astor, John Jacob

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39. Astor, John Jacob, JOURNEY IN OTHER WORLDS Buddenbrooks, Inc. A Journey to Other Worlds The Scarce First Edition. astor, JohnJacob JOURNEY IN OTHER WORLDS New York D. Appleton Co. 1894. First edition. http://www.polybiblio.com/bud/13186.html

Buddenbrooks, Inc. A Journey to Other Worlds The Scarce First Edition Astor, John Jacob JOURNEY IN OTHER WORLDS First edition. 9 full page illustrations by Dan Beard and a diagram. 8vo, original dark blue cloth decorated with an all-over design in silver on the upper cover and spine, designs in silver on the lower cover, lettered in gilt. iv, 476. A fine copy with only the very lightest aging, very bright, unusually so. The only novel by Astor. His fascination with science led him to write this novel, as well as inventing a bicycle brake and an improved turbine engine. Astor is probably also known as being the builder of the Astor section of the Waldorf-Astoria and for his tragic death aboard the Titanic. This item is listed on Bibliopoly by Buddenbrooks, Inc. ; click here for further details.

40. John Jacob Astor IV john jacob astor (July 13, 1864 April 15, 1912). Great grandsonof john jacob astor, who founded the family fortune. john jacob http://www.foodreference.com/html/wjohnjacobastoriv.html

FOOD REFERENCE WEBSITE: WHO’S WHO PAGES Subscribe to the FREE weekly newsletter Become a MEMBER of the Food Reference Website Home Articles ... Asselbergs, Dr. Edward Anton [Astor IV, John Jacob] Astor, William Walforf Athenaeus Aunt Jemima Avice, Jean John Jacob Astor (July 13, 1864 - April 15, 1912) Great grandson of John Jacob Astor, who founded the family fortune. John Jacob IV bulit the Astoria secton of what would become the Waldorf Astoria Hotel (1897) in New York city (this was on the site that were the Empire State building would be built in 1929). He also built the Knickerbocker and the St. Regis hotels. He died on the Titanic. See also: William Waldorf Astor Home Articles Facts/Trivia ... james@foodreference.com sm var site="sm9jtehler"

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