1. John Jacob Astor - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia John Jacob Astor (born Johann Jakob or Johann Jacob Astor) (July 17, 1763 – March 29, 1848) was the first prominent member of the Astor family and the first http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jacob_Astor

John Jacob Astor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search John Jacob Astor Detail from oil painting by Gilbert Stuart Born Johann Jakob Astor or Johann Jacob Astor July 7 Walldorf Germany Died March 29 Manhattan Resting place Trinity Churchyard Cemetery Manhattan New York City first millionaire in the United States Children William Backhouse Astor, Sr. Relatives Henry Astor , his brother John Jacob Astor (born Johann Jakob or Johann Jacob Astor July 17 March 29 ) was the first prominent member of the Astor family and the first millionaire in the United States . He was the creator of the first trust in America, from which he made his fortune in fur trading real estate , and opium From humble origins in Germany , he emigrated to London and then to America following the American Revolutionary War . He built a fur-trading empire that extended to the Great Lakes region and Canada , and later expanded into the American West and Pacific coast. In the early 1800s he diversified into New York City real estate and later became a famed patron of the arts. At the time of his death in 1848, Astor was the wealthiest person in the United States, leaving an estate estimated to be worth at least 20 million dollars; according to the latest

2. John Jacob Astor John Jacob Astor, the son of a farmer, was born in Waldorf, Germany in 1763. When he was sixteen he moved to London to work with his brother who had started http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAastorJJ.htm

Home Email Search Author ... Index Page John Jacob Astor, the son of a farmer, was born in Waldorf, Germany in 1763. When he was sixteen he moved to London to work with his brother who had started a business making musical instruments. While in England he heard from a friend that there was good money to be made buying and selling furs in America. Astor travelled to New York in 1783. Within three years he had established a business buying furs from Native American trappers at the mouth of the Columbia River in Washington. The venture was a great success and he was soon employing a large number of men at his trading post. Astor established trading posts along the Missouri and Columbia rivers he founded the village of Astoria to serve as a terminal station. By 1795 Astor had purchased a fleet of twelve ships. These were used to transport furs to Europe and the Far East and to bring back manufactured goods and tea that he sold to people living in America. In 1808 Astor established the American Fur Company in an effort to challenge the powerful Hudson's Bay Company in Canada, which at the time dominated the fur trade in North America. In 1810 he established Fort Astoria at the mouth of the Columbia River in

3. John Jacob Astor John Jacob Astor was not born a wealthy fur trader. Instead, he was born in Baden, Germany in 1763, the third son of a butcher. One brother, Henry, left for http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/st/~kalenius/john.htm

John Jacob Astor John Jacob Astor was not born a wealthy fur trader. Instead, he was born in Baden, Germany in 1763, the third son of a butcher. One brother, Henry, left for New York, while another, George, travelled to London to open up business in musical instruments. John followed his brother George first, working with him in London. 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. Astor was in New York by 1784, married in 1785, and had opened a shop by 1786. He would purchase furs and sell musical instruments of his brother's initially. Soon, Astor established connections in the rising industry, and, along with Montreal fur traders, began to look East to the Orient, whre American furs were in high demand. This is where the story of Astoria begins to take shape. Astor, in the late 1790s, paid great attention to the stirrings of Peter Pond, Alexander Mackenzie and other "prophets" who foretold the possible benfits of a western trade empire. He also met Alexander Henry, a businessman in Montreal, who furthered his education concerning the ideas of western trading posts. As Astor began to formulate how he could cash in on this opportunity, it became clear that the plan was not exclusively financial and technical, but political as well. Thus Astor would have to court local and national governmants, as welll as fur companies of America and Canada.

4. John Jacob Astor --  Britannica Online Encyclopedia Britannica online encyclopedia article on John Jacob Astor fur magnate and founder of a renowned family of AngloAmerican capitalists, business leaders, http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9009983/John-Jacob-Astor

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Domain='thefreedictionary.com' word='Astor, John Jacob' Printer Friendly 760,958,973 visitors served. TheFreeDictionary Google Word / Article Starts with Ends with Text subscription: Dictionary/ thesaurus Medical dictionary Legal dictionary Financial dictionary Acronyms Idioms Encyclopedia Wikipedia encyclopedia Hutchinson encyclopedia Astor, John Jacob (redirected from John Jacob Astor Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus Wikipedia Hutchinson 0.09 sec. write_ads(AdsNum, 0) Astor, John Jacob American Fur Company American Fur Company, Click the link for more information. Astoria Commercial, industrial, and residential section of NW Queens borough of New York City, SE N.Y.; settled in the 17th cent. as Hallet's Cove. It was renamed for John Jacob Astor in 1839. Click the link for more information. , 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 New York Public Library

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7. John Jacob Astor - LoveToKnow 1911 JOHN JACOB ASTOR (17631848), American merchant, was born at the village of Walldorf, near Heidelberg, Germany, on the 7th of July 1763. http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/John_Jacob_Astor

John Jacob Astor From LoveToKnow 1911 JOHN JACOB ASTOR (1763-1848), American merchant, was born at the village of Walldorf, near Heidelberg, Germany , on the 7th of July 1763. Until he was sixteen he worked in the shop of his father, a butcher ; he then joined an elder brother in London , and there for four years was employed in the piano and flute America , and settled in New York , whither one of his brothers had previously gone. On the voyage he became acquainted with a fur -trader, by whose advice he devoted himself to the same business, buying furs directly from the Indians, preparing them at first with his own hands for the market, and selling them in London and elsewhere at a great profit. He was also the agent in New York sound judgment he gradually enlarged his operations, did business in all the fur markets of the world, and amassed an enormous fortune, - the largest up to that time made by any American. He devoted many years to carrying out a project for organizing the fur trade from the Great Lakes to the Pacific Ocean , and thence by way of the Hawaiian Islands to China and India . In 1811 he founded at the mouth of the Columbia river a settlement named after him Astoria , which was intended to serve as the central depot ; but two years later the settlement was seized and occupied by the English. The incidents of this undertaking are the theme of

8. John Jacob Astor - Britannica Concise John Jacob Astor Germanborn US fur magnate and financier. http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article-9356007/John-Jacob-Astor

document.writeln(AAMB1); Astor, John Jacob Britannica Concise Print Article Email Article Cite Article John Jacob Astor orig. Johann Jakob Astor John Jacob Astor, detail of an oil painting by Gilbert Stuart, 1794; in the Brook Club, New York. Courtesy of the Frick Art Reference Library born July 17, 1763, Waldorf, Ger. died March 29, 1848, New York, N.Y., U.S. German-born U.S. fur magnate and financier. After emigrating from Germany at age17, he opened a fur-goods shop in New York c. 1786. By 1800 he was a leader in the fur trade, and he established the American Fur Co. New York Public Library document.writeln(AAMB2); Images and Media: More on "John Jacob Astor" from Britannica Concise American Fur Co. - Enterprise formed by John Jacob Astor in 1808 that dominated the U.S. fur trade early in the 19th century. More on "John Jacob Astor" from the 32 Volume Astor, John Jacob - 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 (of Hever, of Hever Castle), John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron

9. A Romance Of The Future / Astor, John Jacob, 1864-1912 Tag(s) earth bearwarden ayrault cortlandt sun time astor john jacob romance future utopias project gutenberg. Versions original; local mirror; http://www.infomotions.com/etexts/gutenberg/dirs/etext99/ajiow10.htm

A romance of the future / Astor, John Jacob, 1864-1912 Author Astor, John Jacob, 1864-1912 Title A romance of the future Date Contributor(s) Size Identifier Language en Publisher Project Gutenberg Rights GNU General Public License Tag(s) earth bearwarden ayrault cortlandt ... gutenberg Versions original local mirror plain HTML (this file) concordance (most frequent 100 words, etc.) ... Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts Share addthis_url = location.href; addthis_title = document.title; addthis_pub = 'ericleasemorgan'; Colophon This file was acquired from Project Gutenberg, and it is in the public domain. It is re-distributed here as a part of the Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts (http://infomotions.com/alex/) by Eric Lease Morgan (Infomotions, Inc.) for the purpose of freely sharing, distributing, and making available works of great literature. Its Infomotions unique identifier is etext1607, and it should be available from the following URL: http://infomotions.com/etexts/gutenberg/dirs/etext99/ajiow10.htm Infomotions Man says, "Give back to the 'Net."

10. John Jacob Astor John Jacob Astor. John Jacob Astor AKA Johann Jacob Astor. Born 17Jul-1763 John Jacob Astor, Business Man, 1931, BY Kenneth W. Porter http://www.nndb.com/people/090/000051934/

This is a beta version of NNDB Search: All Names Living people Dead people Band Names Book Titles Movie Titles Full Text for John Jacob Astor AKA Johann Jacob Astor Born: 17-Jul Birthplace: Waldorf, Baden, Germany Died: 29-Mar Location of death: New York City Cause of death: unspecified Remains: Buried, Trinity Churchyard Cemetery, New York City Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Business Nationality: United States Executive summary: Wealthiest man in America Daughter: Magdalen (b. 1788, d. 1832) Daughter: Sarah (b. 1790, d. 1791) Son: John Jacob Astor II (b. 1791, d. 1869) Son: William Backhouse Astor (b. 1792, d. 1875) Daughter: Dorothee (b. 1795, d. 1853) Son: Henry (b. 1797, d. 1799) Daughter: Eliza (b. 1801, d. 1838) Astor Family Is the subject of books: John Jacob Astor, Business Man BY: Kenneth W. Porter Do you know something we don't? Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile

11. German American Corner: ASTOR, John Jacob (1763-1848) astor, john jacob (17631848), German-American merchant and financier, born near Heidelberg, Germany. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1783, almost destitute, http://www.germanheritage.com/biographies/atol/astor.html

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12. John Jacob Astor IV, RMS Titanic - Astors' Beechwood Mansion, Newport RI john jacob astor astor, john jacob —17631848 john jacob astor was born in Waldorf, Germany in 1763 and emigrated to the New World at the close of the http://www.astorsbeechwood.com/jjastor.shtml

Astor, John Jacob —1763-1848 John Jacob Astor was born in Waldorf, Germany in 1763 and emigrated to the New World at the close of the Revolutionary War, when he was 21. He arrived in Baltimore, penniless, but was shrewd and ambitious. He opened a small fur shop in 1786 in New York City and soon became a leader of the China trade. 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 of Astoria, Oregon. " You should buy Manhatten, they aren't making anymore of it."

13. TheHistoryNet | American History | John Jacob Astor: Wealthy Merchant And Fur Tr The man who made the American fur trade preeminent had a golden touch that stretched across North America. http://www.historynet.com/magazines/american_history/3027641.html

document.write(''); var section = 'homepage'; var js="0.0"; js="1.0"; js="1.1"; js="1.2"; js="1.3"; js="1.4"; js="1.5"; ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL WARS 15TH-16TH CENTURY 17TH-18TH CENTURY 19TH CENTURY ... + SUBSCRIBER SERVICES Select a Magazine America's Civil War American History Aviation History British Heritage Civil War Times Military History MHQ Vietnam Wild West World War II Which of these battles was the most important in terms of its lasting impact? Zama - Hannibal Defeated Waterloo - Napoleon Defeated Normandy - Allies Break Through Atlantic Wall Other None Of Them Too Close To Call Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec v John Jacob Astor: Wealthy Merchant and Fur Trader The man who made the American fur trade pre-eminent had a golden touch that stretched across North America. By James L. Stokesbury John Jacob Astor, the man most closely associated with the American fur trade and whose name is a synonym for wealth surpassing imagination, became involved in the business without ever setting a trap. The German-born immigrant to the United States, who rose from obscurity to build a financial empire, typifies the great American success story. Fur became an item of great economic importance to the development of America, but it was politically important as well. The existence of French Canada depended upon the profits of the fur trade. France was not going to spend money on an unproductive outpost, and it was fur that kept Canada solvent. The beaver became a factor of empire, and battles were fought and treaties delayed over who was to control access to prime trapping areas. The future of North America depended on the flashing paddle and the beaver trap as much as it did on muskets and bayonets.

14. John Jacob Astor, 1763–1848, American Merchant — Infoplease.com astor, john jacob ( s tur) key, 1763–1848, American merchant, b. Walldorf, near Heidelberg, Germany. At the age of 16 he went to England, and five years http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0805116.html

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15. John Jacob Astor IV Colonel john jacob astor IV was born in Rhinebeck, New York on July 13th, 1864, the son of William astor and greatgrandson of john jacob astor, http://goofy313g.free.fr/calisota_online/exist/astor.html

Colonel John Jacob Astor IV - The richest passenger aboard the Titanic - * List of the stories he appears in : D 93288 The Empire-Builder from Calisota " (Lo$#11), from 1994, by Don Rosa. * His biography : Colonel John Jacob Astor IV was born in Rhinebeck, New York on July 13th, 1864, the son of William Astor and great-grandson of John Jacob Astor , the German immigrant who made himself the richest man in America by investing in fur trading and real estate. Astor was educated at St. Paul's School, Concord and later went to Harvard. Then, he returned to the United States to manage the family fortune. He had two homes in New York. On 1 May 1891 Astor was married to Ava , daughter of Edward Shippen Willing of Philadelphia. Together they had a son and one daughter. In 1894 Astor wrote a semi-scientific novel about life on other planets, A Journey in Other Worlds . He also developed several mechanical devices, helped to develop the turbine engine, and invented a pneumatic road-improver. In 1897 Astor built the Astoria Hotel, New York adjoining the Waldorf Hotel which had been built by William Waldorf Astor, his cousin. The new complex became known as the Waldorf-Astoria. Astor's real-estate interest included two other hotels, the Hotel St. Regis (1905) and the Knickerbocker (1906). He became Colonel-staff to General Levi P. Morton and in 1898, at the time of the Spanish-American War, was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel in the US volunteers. He placed his yacht Nourmahal at the disposal of the U.S. government and equipped a mountain battery of artillery for use against the Spanish.

16. John Jacob And Madeleine Astor Madeleine survived to inherit 1.7 million from john, and on August 14th that same year gave birth to john jacob astor the fifth, who would grow up to become http://members.aol.com/KEN63728/cr6.htm

TITANIC John Jacob and Madeleine Astor With a net worth well over 87 million dollars, John Astor the fourth was without a doubt the richest man aboard the Titanic. Backed by a powerful family fortune made from fur trading, Astor had made millions of his own investing in real estate. He also held patents on a number of items of his own invention, including an improved bicycle brake, and a turbine engine. Astor led a fairly remarkable life. During the Spanish American war, Astor financed his own battalion. Before the war, he wrote a science fiction novel about life on other planets. He also invented a "vibratory disintegrator", which supposedly produced some sort of gas from peat moss. (peat moss produces trace gasses on its own, but they didn't know that in 1912) He boarded the ship with his wife, ( 19 and pregnant at the time, and her age was quite a point of conversation with other first class passengers) , a maid, a manservant, a personal nurse, and a dog, and his staterooms were without equal. With working fireplaces, and adjoining quarters for servants, the suites cost $4,000.00, an amount that equals $50,000.00 in today's dollars.

17. John Jacob Astor And His American Fur Co john jacob astor, fur trader and millionaire New York City real estate owner, richest man in America. http://www.raken.com/american_wealth/realtors/John_Jacob_Astor1.asp

A Classification of American Wealth History and genealogy of the wealthy families of America - Sponsors Part 1 : Colonial and Mercantile America Part 2 : ... 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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John Jacob Astor, American Fur Company, Pacific Fur Companies, Southwest Fur Company John Jacob Astor Born: July 17, 1763 in Germany Died: 1848 in New York John Jacob Astor was a major Fur trader and merchant 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 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 monopolized the fur trade until 1834 when he retired from the fur business. Investments in real estate in New York made him the richest man in the United States and its' first millionaire on record American Fur Company Pacific Fur Companies Southwest Fur Company Back to American Western History Museums ... Gold and Silver Exchange we trade our goods and services for your gold and silver coin at very good prices unless noted otherwise. Bulletin board Service For Sale or Trade Surplus Goods and Equipment Back to the camp-fire American Western Trading Post Legal, ©1999 American Western History Museum, Policy page

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