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42. John Jacob Astor, 1763–1848, American Merchant — FactMonster.com Encyclopedia Astor, John Jacob. Astor, John Jacob (ăs't u r) , 1763–1848, American merchant, b. Walldorf, near Heidelberg, Germany. At the age of 16 he went to England, and five http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0805116.html

Home U.S. People Word Wise ... Homework Center Fact Monster Favorites Halloween Math Flashcards Geography Guide Seven New Wonders of the World ... The Fifty States Reference Desk Atlas Almanacs Dictionary Encyclopedia ... Encyclopedia Astor, John Jacob Astor, John Jacob u r) [ key American Fur Company Astoria , Oreg.) 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. See biographies by J. U. Terrell (1963) and K. W. Porter (1936, repr. 1966). The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Cite Print See more Encyclopedia articles on: Business Leaders Help Site Map Atlas ... Encyclopedia Click Here! Click Here!

43. Astor, John Jacob Quotes On Quotations Book John Jacob (originally Johann Jakob) Astor (July 17, 1763 March 29, 1848) made a fortune in fur trading and real estate. He is the founder of what became known as the Astor http://quotationsbook.com/author/311/

44. 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 of AngloAmerican capitalists, business leaders http://www.uv.es/EBRIT/micro/micro_38_32.html

Britannica CD Index Articles Dictionary Help 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

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