This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
The Old Commodore Vanderbilt and William H Vanderbilt
A long reminiscence traces Cornelius Vanderbilt’s rise from sailboats to railroads, detailing his son William H Vanderbilt’s early life, mortgage gamble, and ascent in the family business. It covers family dynamics, the New York Fifth Avenue palace, Staten Island ties, and the legacy of the Vanderbilt fortune including ships, railroads, and social status.
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Wilia A. Vasoaratis
Bonaire
Oustopic
Oteret
New York
Preent
Baltimore
Chin
New York City
Adrawbridge
Staten Island
Jerage
Robert Gharrett
Baltimore and Ohio
Frtorivs
William H
Cornelius
William TH. Wan
New Brunswick
Raritan River
Lee Brunswick
Vanderbilt
Witter H Vanderbilt
New Dorp
Bratan
Cornelius No. 1
Vanderbilt Homestead
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Astor
Idland
S. Las
Cornell
Thomas Gibbons
Thie Uttle Raritan Stenner
Cor‘peel
Big Win
Bho Dea
Ln Cours
Old Corie
Bin
Commodore
Hay
Fai
Staten Island Railway
Tle
Bill
William
W. IL
Ian
Europe
Billy
Wuntias
Tanmenary
Eplendit Palace
America
Fifth Ayeour
W. B
W. D. Sloane
Elliott
William D. Blosne
Shopard
Italy
Fifth Avenue
George
Mir Vanderbilt
New York Central
Fay
Tee
Ile of Physicians and Surgeons
William KS
Pancee
Tomi
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N.Y
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