1. Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848, American Merchant. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixt 2001. Astor, John Jacob, 1763–1848, American merchant. ( s´t r) (KEY) ,1763–1848, American merchant, b. Walldorf, near Heidelberg, Germany. http://www.bartleby.com/65/as/AstrJJGer.html

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Astor, John Jacob "The man who makes it the habit of his life to go to bed at nine o'clock, usually gets rich and is always reliable. Of course, going to bed does not make him richI merely mean that such a man will in all probability be up early in the morning and do a big day's work, so his weary bones put him to bed early. Rogues do their work at night. Honest men work by day. It's all a matter of habit, and good habits in America make any man rich. Wealth is a result of habit." JOHN JACOB ASTOR In 1790, John Jacob Astor married Sarah Todd, whose mother was a Brevoort. Sarah Todd met Astor when she came to buy furs to make herself a coat. Her ability to judge furs and make them up won the heart of the dealer. The marriage brought young Astor into "the best Dutch New York society." This marriage was a business partnership as well as marital and proved a success in every way. His AMERICAN FUR COMPANY (1808) created the first American monopoly on the fur trade in U.S. territories. The Lewis and Clark Expeditions had opened his eyes to new opportunities in the Northwest Territories. He sent out two expeditions of his own, to establish a fur trading post at Fort Astor, which eventually became the city Astoria, Oregon. " You should buy Manhatten, they aren't making anymore of it."

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A Classification of American Wealth History and genealogy of the wealthy families of America Part 1 : Colonial and Mercantile America Part 2 : America in the Gilded Age Part 3 : America in the Twentieth Century Encyclopedia of American Wealth Info Site map Links ... american.wealth@raken.com Part I-Chapter 4 : New YorkCity Landlords John Jacob Astor « Previous Next » John Jacob Astor (1763-1848) : the richest man in America 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. Two years later John Jacob Astor set on to America, where he first reached Baltimore and then settled in New York, his ultimate goal. At this time his sole capital was 50 $ and seven flutes, he had brought from England to sell in the New World Astor never forgot to concentrate on his core business, the fur trade. In 1808, he founded the American Fur Company, a business enterprise that was set with an initial capital of 500'000 $, then a sizeable fortune. 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 New Registration Dear visitor

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12. Project Gutenberg Author Record Project Gutenberg Author record. Astor, John Jacob, 17631848. Titles.Journey In Other Worlds, A. To the main listings page. Main Project http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/authors/astor__john_jacob__1763-1.html

13. Project Gutenberg Author Index Asquith, Margot, 18641945. Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848. Atherton, GertrudeFranklin Horn, 1857-1948. Atkinson, Eleanor Stackhouse, 1863-1942. http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/authors/author_index_A.html

Project Gutenberg Author Index "A" A Young Girl Abbott, David Phelps, 1863-1934 Abbott, Edwin Abbott, 1838-1926 Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879 ... Azuela, Mariano, 1873-1952 To the main listings page Main Project Gutenberg Web page (online)

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Astor Family wealthy American family whose fortune, rooted in the fur trade, came to be centred on real estate investments in New York City. John Jacob Astor (1763-1848) was the founder of the family fortune. His son, William Backhouse Astor (1792-1875), who inherited the major portion of the estate, continued his father's program of investing in Manhattan real estate, and greatly expanded the Astor Library. Stung by accusations that he was a slum landlord, he attempted to renovate some of the older tenements owned by the Astors. At the same time, he more than doubled the family fortune, leaving an estate valued at nearly $50,000,000. John Jacob Astor (1822-90), son of William Backhouse Astor, increased the fortune to between $75,000,000 and $100,000,000. But he was a more active philanthropist than his predecessors, making substantial gifts to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Trinity Church as well as to the Astor Library. His son, William Waldorf Astor (1848-1919), was politically ambitious, but after a stint in the New York state legislature and three years as U.S. minister to Italy, he moved permanently to England in 1890. He became a British subject in 1899 and, in 1917, became 1st Viscount Astor, of Hever Castle. He used much of his wealthaside from that spent building the Waldorf section of what eventually became the Waldorf-Astoria Hotelrestoring Hever Castle and funding conservative political causes in England.

15. The Germans In America The Germans in America, 1784. John Jacob Astor (17631848) Courtesy ofthe Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Library http://www.loc.gov/rr/european/imde/chair.html

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16. Germans In America: Chronology 1784. John Jacob Astor (17631848) left his village of Waldorf in Germanyand arrived in the United States in 1784 with $25 and seven flutes. http://www.loc.gov/rr/european/imde/germchro.html

The Germans in America: Chronology Several Germans were among the settlers at Jamestown. Peter Minuit, a German, came to New Amsterdam to serve as the governor of the Dutch colony, New Netherlands. Later he governed the Swedish colony in Delaware. Thirteen families of German Mennonites seeking religious freedom arrived in Pennsylvania; led by Franz Pastorius, they purchased 43,000 acres of land and founded Germantown, six miles north of Philadelphia. The settling of the British colonies by small German-speaking religious groups continued. The groups included Swiss Mennonites, Baptist Dunkers, Schwenkfelders, Moravians, Amish , and Waldensians; most German immigrants belonged to the main Lutheran and Reformed churches. The central colonies received the greatest part of this immigration, especially Pennsylvania . As many as half of these immigrants came as redemptioners, that is, they agreed to work in America for four to seven years in exchange for free passage across the Atlantic. German settlers designed and built the Conestoga wagon , which was used in the opening of the American Frontier.

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18. 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.geocities.com/ericsquire/wef.htm

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19. SLMA-002 Astor, John Jacob. HISTORY John Jacob Astor (17631848) American merchant and furtrader. SCOPE Two letters. The first written to Charles Gratiot, Esq., St. http://www.umsl.edu/mercantile/mguides/directory/SLMA-002/slma-002.html

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS ST. LOUIS MERCANTILE LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS M-2 Astor, John Jacob HISTORY: John Jacob Astor (1763-1848) American merchant and fur trader. SCOPE: Two letters. The first written to Charles Gratiot, Esq., St. Louis, Indian Territory concerning fur trade. The second to Ant. C. Cazenove, Alexandria, VA., concerning a business offer. HOLDINGS: Letters dated July, 24, 1811, A. L. S.. and February, 11, 1813, A. L. S. ACCESS: Due to rarity and condition, access to this collection is limited please contact the staff members listed below. However, digital copies of the letters are available online. The collection is available for on-site use only in the Rare Book and Manuscripts Reading Room during service hours 8:00 A.M.- 10:15 P.M., Monday 8:00 A.M.- 5:00 P.M., Tuesday-Friday, Saturday and Sunday by appointment. In observance of security procedures, hours for certain services may slightly vary for on-site use shortly before closing. Researchers are advised to call ahead concerning changes in hours due to University intersessions and holidays. The St. Louis Mercantile Library is located on levels one and two of the Thomas Jefferson Library building. Question about this collections should be referred to: Charles Brown Reference Librarian St. Louis Mercantile Library

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