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The six inch corded fastener changes a block of New York
A factory empire grows from a tiny six inch cord fastener invented eight years earlier. A mechanic turned patent into a factory boom, buying land and expanding to dominate the block and join millionaires, while weaving in notes on a Hindoo marriage text and Madrid’s royal palace tale.
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New York
Garth
Royal Palace
Madrid
Alcazar
Enrique IV
Philip V
Versaailles
Felipe de Trabara
Giovanni Lucchetti
Lurin
Napoleon the Great
Joseph
Palacio Real
Strasboury
Milan
King Joseph
Monsieur Mon Frere