41. AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS: ASTOR OF HEVER - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 07/30/1962 In 1890, their father, William Waldorf Astor (18481919), the great-grandson offur magnate John Jacob Astor (1763-1848), had moved to England, where he http://www.galleryofhistory.com/archive/5_2004/industry/201045-ASTOR-OF-HEVER.ht

Click on Image To Enlarge autographs autographs Document 201045 JOHN JACOB ASTOR, 1ST BARON ASTOR OF HEVER . ALS: " Yours very truly,/Astor of Hever ", 1¼p, 5¼x8. Terres Blanches, Pegomas, 1962 July 30. To John D. Buchanan, Esq., Markham, Ontario. Begins: Dear Sir In full: You must have been given my name by mistake. I retired from business live out here. I could not contribute anything of interest or help to your research. I am sorry. John Jacob Astor (1886-1971), the younger brother of Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor (1879-1952), bought a major share of "The Times" of London and was made 1st Baron Astor of Hever. In 1890, their father, William Waldorf Astor (1848-1919), the great-grandson of fur magnate John Jacob Astor (1763-1848), had moved to England, where he acquired a newspaper and several magazines, founded "Pall Mall Magazine" and was made 1st Viscount Astor. Lightly creased. Fine condition. SEE IF DOCUMENT 201045 IS FOR SALE RIGHT NOW!! This document was available for sale in a previous auction. It may or may not be currently available for sale. It is also highly likely that we have more of this personality available for sale either in our archives or on our direct purchase website www.historyforsale.com

42. Project Gutenberg - Bibliographic Record Author Hubbard, Elbert. Language English. Subject Astor, John Jacob, 17631848.LoC Class History Biography. Release Date Jan 1996. Etext number 412. Files. http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/412

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43. Project Gutenberg: Catalog Search Economic History US MI Wayne State University Press, 365 p.). Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848; BusinesspeopleUnitedStatesBiography; United StatesEconomic conditionsTo 1865. http://www.gutenberg.net/cgi-bin/search/t9.cgi?subject=Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1

44. Capitalists (New York, NY The American News Company, 121 p.). Astor, John Jacob, 17631848. (Philadelphia, PA Lippincott, 296 p.). Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848. http://www.kipnotes.com/Capitalists.htm

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53. Grand Lodge Of The State Of New York John Jacob Astor (17631848). When John Jacob Astor left Germany in his lateteens years, he worked his way to London and eventually to America. http://www.nymasons.org/index.php?c=famous1&s=aboutmasonry

54. Where The Wealthy Collude: The World Economic Forum John Jakob Astor (17631848). Astoria of today derives from the combined venturewhich grandsons William Waldorf Astor and John Jacob Astor IV embarked on http://www.alter.most.org.pl/wef/collusion.htm

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55. Astoria A bitter battle for naming the village was finally named by supporters andfriends of John Jacob Astor (17631848), not least Stephen Halsey. http://www.forgotten-ny.com/streetnecrology/astorianecro/astoria.html

HOME LAMPS ADS TROLLEYS ... CEMETERIES Turning to the dusty, dogeared Book of Forgotten Street Names, making a mental note to replace the yellowed scotch tape that holds the cover together, we see that the tome plops open to... Astoria, Queens. Like Flushing, Astoria's pedigree dates to the mid-1600s, when William Hallett received a grant for the area surrounding what is now Hallett's Cove by Peter Stuyvesant. However, the oldest structures in the region date to the mid-1800s, after fur merchant Stephen Ailing Halsey had incorporated the village in 1839. Astoria was named for a man who apparently never set foot in it. A bitter battle for naming the village was finally named by supporters and friends of John Jacob Astor (1763-1848), not least Stephen Halsey. Astor, entrepreneur and real estate tycoon, had become the wealthiest man in America by 1840 with a net worth of over $40 million. (As it turns out, Astor did live in "Astoria"his summer home, built on what is now East 87th Street near York Avenuefrom which he could see the new Long Island Village named for him.) Like most other towns and villages in Queens, Astoria (which on this Forgotten page we'll describe as having the East River on the north and west, Broadway on the south, and Hazen and 51st Streets on the east as its boundaries) carried names for its streets, but it also had its own numbering system, which we'll also touch on.

56. De Nederlandse Staatsloterij 3, Cornelius Vanderbilt(17941877), 100 miljard dollar. 4, John Jacob Astor(1763-1848), 85 miljard dollar. 5, William Gates III, 60 miljard dollar. http://www.staatsloterij.nl/miljonairs/milj_top1052.shtml

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58. Encyclopedia Titanica Message Board: Leah E. Astor The Astors, by Virginia Cowles, published in 1979, lists all the family branchesfrom John Jacob Astor (17631848) through the next 6 generations and http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/discus/messages/5676/47793.html?1039840939

59. EH.Net - Ask The Professor - Questions And Answers 4. John Jacob Astor, 17631848, real estate, fur trade, $20 million, $78 billion.5. William H. Gates III, 1955- , software, $61.7 billion, $61.7 billion. http://www.eh.net/atp/answers/0721.php

The Question There are some sources that claim that Henry Ford was the first billionaire in the world. However, John D. Rockefeller and perhaps Andrew Carnigie may lay claim to this title. And there is a nebulous element in what exactly is meant by billionaire in terms of the buying power of the dollar at various points in US economic history;i.e. Carnigie's millions could have had more real buying power in the late 19th century than Ford's billion had in the early 1940's. What would be a good "economic yardstick" to gauge the relative personal worth of the individuals, like Ford whom played significant roles in the economic history of the US? Thanks! The Answer With regard to the suggestion that wealth be assessed in relationship to Gross Domestic Product: AMERICA'S RICHEST LIST A ranking of the 40 richest Americans of all time, compiled by American Heritage magazine, published by Forbes Inc. The conversions were made using a formula comparing the original value of wealth to the size of the U.S. economy at the time. For the full listing, see below. Sincerely

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