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5 ore fa · Philip relates some of his findings: “Charles Alexander Munn grew up in a world of unimaginable wealth. His father, Charles Munn Sr., ran Dows, Munn & Co. and was also vice-president of the United National Bank until his death in 1903. His mother had, prior to marrying Munn Sr., inherited $3 million in cash, as well as shares from her first ...
2 giorni fa · Back in 1854, William Backhouse Astor Jr. gifted his wife Caroline Astor a parcel of land at 34th Street and 5th Avenue, on which one of the first 5th Avenue mansions was built.
5 giorni fa · Mrs. Astor, the queen bee, ruled New York society. In fact, she was so well known that her calling cards only had three words: The Mrs. Astor. Alva Vanderbilt was a force in her own right....
5 giorni fa · William Waldorf Astor proceeded to irritate his cousin John Jacob Astor by building a 13-story hotel on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 33rd Street, on a residential block where John Jacob’s...
1 giorno fa · William Astor, I visconte Astor, avvocato e politico statunitense (New York, n. 1848 - Brighton, † 1919) William Edmonstoune Aytoun, avvocato e poeta britannico (Edimburgo, n. 1813 - Elgin, † 1865) William Kurt Black, avvocato e docente statunitense (n. 1951) William Brett, I visconte Esher, avvocato e politico inglese (Lenham, n.
2 giorni fa · But in 1822, when William H. Ashley advertised for “One hundred men, to ascend the river Missouri to its source, there to be employed for one, two or three years,” he had already envisioned changing the way the industry worked. His company would stake the men who answered the advertisement supplies like guns, powder, lead and traps.
2 giorni fa · Egitto, 1873 - Il Visconte Louis Wesley è incantato da una donna misteriosa che incontra al Louvre. È sicuro che non la rivedrà mai più ma, quando arriva al Cairo per partecipare alle nozze del suo migliore amico, un principe egiziano, scopre che non è altri che la sposa, la Principessa Mervat!
