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| | The Astor Bloodline |
 | | Even at that period in history, British intelligence worked for the Committee of 300 and for the Thirteen Top Families, it is interesting then, that John Coleman who had access as an intelligence agent to secret documents, discovered that the original John Jacob Astor was also a British secret agent. | | | Again John Jacob Astor III’s power allowed his involvement to be basically overlooked by the press, while Tweed went to prison for life. | | | In 1894, John Jacob wrote a novel A Journey in Other Worlds where he describes a society which operates on the idea of conserving energy. |
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http://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/hardtruth/the_astor_bloodline.htm
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| | John Jacob Astor |
| | However, in 1783, Astor left for New York, whre, during the voyage, he met another immigrant who told him about prosperous fur trading opportunities in America. | | | Simon Fraser and David Thompason both ventured west, and Astor forced himself to act in response to these activities. | | | With his plan coming together, Astor once again sought support. |
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http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/st/~kalenius/john.htm
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| | Wiley::John Jacob Astor: America's First Multimillionaire |
| | The fascinating thing about Astor is that, regardless of how one feels about his business practices, he was one of the first businessmen to imagine the world as a global economy. | | | The biography, John Jacob Astor: America's First Multimillionaire by Axel Madsen, records how in 1784, he arrived in America after an unusually long crossing of the Atlantic: He was at sea for 4 months. | | | But more of his business acumen would have been worth noting beyond the notion that he was merciless and aggressive. |
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http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471385034,descCd-reviews.html
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| | John Jacob Astor had no such belief in luck omens, portents, or mascots as had A. Stewart. | | | Henry George threw no shadow before, and no economist had ever written that to secure land and hold it unused, awaiting a rise in value, was a dog-in-the-manger, unethical and selfish policy. | | | Young Astor had been with Bowne only a year. |
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http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/docs/books/gutenberg/etext96/jastr10.txt
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| | Oregon Trail Maps South Pass Robert Stuart Astorian Pictures |
| | Another point that should be brought out is that some historians have stated that Astor tried to suppress the information on South Pass and the Oregon Trail. | | | While on a portage near the Dalles, the party was attacked by Indians. | | | Jefferson pledged his wholehearted support to the establishment of claims to the Oregon Country. |
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http://www.thefurtrapper.com/astorians.htm
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| | Colonel John Jacob Astor |
| | After the accident Astor left his suite to investigate, he quickly returned and reported to his wife that the ship had struck ice. | | | ASTOR'S RESIDENCE, NEWPORT, R. There are 7 more images in the image archive] | | | COL. ASTOR READY TO SERVE New York Times |
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http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/biography/11
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| | Oregon History ProjectOHP Oregon Biographies John Jacob Astor |
| | Astor was one of the wealthiest men the country had ever seen and his meager public bequest caused many to remember him as a miser who attempted to found an American dynasty by keeping the money in his family. | | | In 1822 Astor again lobbied Congress, this time to close government operated trading posts. | | | With the exception of one small annuity for an old employee, Astor left the rest of his estate to his family. |
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http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/Oregon-Biographies-John-Astor.cfm
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| | John Jacob Astor IV - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Among the items found on him were £225, $2440, and a gold watch which his son, Vincent, claimed and wore the rest of his life. | | | Astor was the richest person on the ship and along with his wife his party included his manservant, his wife's maid and nurse and his pet Airedale, Kitty. | | | At first Astor didn’t believe the ship was in any serious danger, but later helped his wife into a lifeboat. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jacob_Astor_IV
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| | John Jacob Astor |
| | Astor was not one to pass up opportunities, even in mid-ocean; on the passage he met another German emigrant who had been to North America before, and who had dealt successfully in the fur trade. | | | This was a hard-fought and vigorous contest; Bridger and his people knew their country, were effective traders, and were nearly as unscrupulous as Astor's men. | | | John Jacob remained at the small family holding until 1780; by then his mother had died and his father had remarried. |
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http://www.3rd1000.com/history3/biography/jastor.htm
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| | John Jacob Astor: America's First Multimillionaire |
| | Nonetheless the reader is left wondering whether Astor was especially smart, especially prescient, especially lucky, or had the right connections to have been so successful. | | | This biography is not written as a scholarly treatise; the intended audience is not the economic historian researcher. | | | Born Johann Jacob Astor in 1763, the young Astor left his home and his work in his father's butcher shop in Baden-Baden (Germany) shortly before his seventeenth birthday. |
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http://www.eh.net/bookreviews/library/0392.shtml
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| | Urban Legends Reference Pages: History (Ice So Funny) |
| | Another legend attributed to [John Jacob] Astor tells how, standing at the bar after the [Titanic's] collision [with an iceberg], he said, "I asked for ice, but this is ridiculous." | | | Astor was, according to Lord, in his cabin with his pregnant young wife: | | | Returning to his suite after going up to investigate, he explained to |
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http://www.snopes.com/history/titanic/astorice.asp
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| | John Jacob Astor |
| | After the conclusion of peace he carried on his operations without government support, and established a trade with many countries, particularly China, but never realized the project of founding settlements in the northwest. | | | Astor would have been eminently successful in any profession.*His eldest son, William Backhouse, capitalist, born in New York, 19 September 1792; died in that City, 24 November 1875. | | | He left $400,000 for founding the Astor library, which provision was carried out by his son, William born Astor. |
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| | Educate Yourself - John Jacob Astor |
| | Yet on his deathbed Astor lamented, "Could I begin life again, knowing what I now know, and had money to invest, I would buy every foot of land on the Island of Manhattan." | | | Plus Astor is alleged to have had seven flutes with him. | | | Astor was the wealthiest American prior to the Civil War, worth an estimated $20 million at his death in 1848. |
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http://www.buyandhold.com/bh/en/education/history/2000/john_jacob.html
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| | Descendants of John Jacob Astor and Sarah Todd |
| | 4.2.1.5.2.1.Virginia Lucy Astor (*1951), m.1984 Richard Denis Wyer McGillycuddy, The McGillycuddy of The Reeks | | | John (Johann) Jacob Astor (1763-1848) [born in Waldorf near Heidelberg, Germany, emigrated to the USA in 1783, owner American Fur Company, built Astor House in New York], m.Sarah Todd | | | Descendants of John Jacob Astor and Sarah Todd |
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http://www.angelfire.com/in/heinbruins/Astor.html
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| | John Jacob Astor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Astor arrived in the United States in March 1784 just after the end of the Revolutionary War. | | | In his Will, he gave orders to build the Astor Library for the New York public (later consolidated with other libraries to form New York Public Library), as well as a poorhouse in his German hometown, Walldorf. | | | , instead of his eldest son John Jacob Astor II (1791-1869). |
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| | A Classification of American Wealth : History and genealogy of the wealthy families of America |
| | Astor sued on the basis of illegitimacy of the confiscation and after 22 years in court received 500'000 $ as a settlement from the State of New York. | | | This land was confiscated after the Revolution and had been sold and developed by the new owners. | | | From his wife, the former Sarah Todd, John Jacob Astor had two sons and three daughters. |
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http://www.raken.com/american_wealth/encyclopedia/profile.asp?code=83
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| | John Jacob Astor |
| | John Melchion accepted work somewhere else in his home country and left his parents and his youngest brother. | | | Astor biographers mention his name, but in his book, as well as books written afterwards, one chapter is missing. | | | The father, John Jacob was definitely the opposite of his four sons as far as their later life went. |
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http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dlemrick/EmrkAstr1.htm
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| | John Jacob Astor was a native of New York state, having been born in 1864. | | | While here Astor and his fellow officials mapped an extensive enlargement of the line east and west. | | | He was John Jacob Astor, a member of the famous Astor family which played such a major role in the early development of America. |
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| | John Jacob Astor and his American Fur Co |
| | Two years later John Jacob Astor set on to America, where he first reached Baltimore and then settled in New York, his ultimate goal. | | | Astor's plan was the concentration of American fur trade under the umbrella of this company to counter the influence of the British-Canadian Hudson Bay Company, a well structured organization which dominated trade in Canada and the North-West of America
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John Jacob Astor (1763-1848) emigrated from his hometown Waldorf in Germany, when he was 18 years old and first joined his older brother George Peter Astor, who was dealing in musical instruments in London. |
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http://www.raken.com/american_wealth/realtors/John_Jacob_Astor1.asp
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| | Astor, John Jacob on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Part of his money went to found the Astor Library (see New York Public Library). | | | The wealthiest man in the United States at his death, he left a fortune that has continued to make the family name prominent. | | | Narrator of "Bartleby": The Christian-Humanist Acquaintance of John Jacob Astor.(Critical Essay) |
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| | German American Corner: ASTOR, John Jacob (1763-1848) |
| | After the War of 1812, Astor expanded his trading activities. | | | He immigrated to the U.S. in 1783, almost destitute, and established his residence in New York City. | | | He left a legacy of $400,000 for a public library, later known as the Astor Library, now part of the New York Public Library in New York City. |
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| | Internet Archive: Details: John Jacob Astor |
| | Astor's conservatism, thrift, honesty, and single-mindedness contributed to his success in his business ventures. | | | This short biography of John Jacob Astor by the early 20th Century writer, Elbert Hubbard, follows the young immigrant from Germany as he cornered the fur trade and then the New York real estate market. |
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http://www.archive.org/details.php?identifier=jastr10
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| | John Jacob Astor |
| | John Jacob Astor, the son of a farmer, was born in Waldorf, Germany in 1763. | | | When he died in 1848, John Jacob Astor left over $20 million to his children. | | | The venture was a great success and he was soon employing a large number of men at his trading post. |
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| | John Jacob Astor |
| | The fort became the property of the U.S. government at the war's conclusion. | | | This international trade was immensely profitable, allowing Astor to invest heavily in farmland on Manhattan Island. | | | Following the war, Astor invested in a small fleet of ships to carry his furs to Europe and the Far East, particularly China. |
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| | St. Regis Hotel and Resort history at Starwood |
| | He wanted to create a hotel where gentlemen and their families could feel as comfortable as they would as guests in a private home; in fact, he frequently used The St. Regis as a place for his personal guests and visiting relatives to stay at his invitation. | | | Astor's original mission in creating the St. Regis was to bring the feeling of Old World charm, service and hospitality to the New World. | | | This legendary property is our flagship, consistently ranked as one of the world's finest hotels. |
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| | John Jacob Astor IV |
| | 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). | | | Great grandson of John Jacob Astor, who founded the family fortune. | | | He also built the Knickerbocker and the St. Regis hotels. |
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| | John Jacob Astor |
| | John Jacob Astor, the great-grandson of the famous fur trader and financier of the same name, was one of the wealthiest men on earth, with assets somewhere around $100 million (compared to J.P. Morgan, who had amassed a fortune of only $30 million). | | | His pneumatic walkway invention won a prize at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, and he was one of the first Americans to own a motor car. | | | Astor was an inventor (of a bicycle brake, a storage battery, an internal combustion engine, a flying machine, a machine for removing surface dirt from roads, and an improved marine turbine engine) and also founder of the Astoria (later the Waldorf Astoria) Hotel in New York City. |
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| | John Jacob Astor IV - Wikiquote |
| | John Jacob Astor IV (13 July 1864 - 15 April 1912) American businessman, inventor, writer and a member of the prominent Astor family; at the beginning of the 20th century he was known as the richest man in the world. | | | Last known words, giving up his own seat to a female passenger while putting his pregnant wife Madeline on one of the last lifeboats of the Titanic. | | | Because of a change in the settings of this wiki, the "E-mail this user" function will not work anymore if you do not confirm your e-mail address |
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| | John Jacob Astor |
| | Great sight with a really good biop of both John Jacob Astor and through which povides a good analysis of the fur trade movement resulting after the revolutionary war. | | | John Jacob Astor died the richest man in america at the time with 20 million dollars in estate. |
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http://northonline.sccd.ctc.edu/earlyus/_disc51/0000053b.htm
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| | John Jacob Astor was a business man. His birthdate was July 17,1763. | | | When he was twenty years old, he went to New York and helped his brother George make pianos and flutes. | | | Astor made the trading post of Astoria, Oregon, in 1811. |
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| | John Jacob Astor |
| | Astor kids who work hard, do the right thing, or help out were recognized at an assembly on 2/8/06. | | | A select few from each class were called up to receive awards for academics, citizenship and the Accelerated Reader program. | | | Salsberry's class made these great hats to celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday. |
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| | John Jacob Astor--1763-1848 |
| | Astor, the wealthiest American of his time, engages in fur trading, shipping, real estate investment, and general merchandise trading. | | | Astor's career illustrates the immediate pre-modern management era: types of decisions, time horizons, and number of transactions. |
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http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=391261
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| | Astor, John Jacob, 1864-1912, American financier. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
| | 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. | | | Rhinebeck, N. Y.; son of William Backhouse Astor (1829–92). |
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| | A journey in other worlds by John Jacob Astor - Project Gutenberg |
| | A journey in other worlds by John Jacob Astor | | | A journey in other worlds by John Jacob Astor - Project Gutenberg | | | If you want to help us produce more books in languages other than English, please visit Distributed Proofreaders Europe. |
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| | John Jacob Astor, American Fur Company, Pacific Fur Companies |
| | Investments in real estate in New York made him the richest man in the United States and its' first millionaire on record | | | 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 established the American Fur Company in 1808 and later the Pacific Fur Companies and Southwest Fur Company with trading posts across the country |
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http://www.linecamp.com/museums/americanwest/western_names/astor_john_jacob/astor_john_jacob.html
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| | New York Public Library. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
| | The library was created by a 1895 law consolidating older reference libraries established by bequests of John Jacob Astor (1848) and James Lenox (1876), with the Tilden Trust. | | | In 1897 New York City agreed to build and equip a central building on the site of the Croton reservoir on Fifth Ave. |
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| | Astor, John Jacob, 1st Baron Astor of Hever - MSN Encarta |
| | Astor, John Jacob, 1st Baron Astor of Hever (1886-1971), American-born British publisher, great-grandson of John Jacob Astor. | | | Become a subscriber today and gain access to: | | | Astor, John Jacob, 1st Baron Astor of Hever |
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http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761570374/Astor_John_Jacob_1st_Baron_Astor_of_Hever.html
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| | Re: John Jacob Astor |
| | I really enjoyed reading about John jacob Astor... |
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| | John Jacob Astor - Elbert Hubbard - Mobipocket eBook |
| | The eBook club is continually growing with more eBooks added frequently. | | | Restrictions: No printing, No copy and paste (More Details) | | | Home > eBook Categories > Biographies > Business Leaders > Mobipocket eBooks > Elbert Hubbard > John Jacob Astor |
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| | HISTORY: John Jacob Astor (1763-1848) American merchant and fur trader. | | | The first written to Charles Gratiot, Esq., St. Louis, Indian Territory concerning fur trade. |
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