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The Millionaire and His Yachting World in Irvington
A portrait of Jay Gould and other Wall Street magnates at Irvington on the Hudson. The piece contrasts Gould and peers like Russell Sage and J. P. Morgan with their palatial homes, horses, yachts, and social clubs, noting family ties, grandchildren, and lifestyle trends alongside stock market activity and sports hobbies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvington-on-the-Studion
Washington Irving
Ibis
Irving
Sleepy Hollow
Katrina
Menhier Var
Kubla Khan
Canada
Ali
Jay Gould
Mather
Nellie
Edwin
Gould
George Gould
Edith Kingdon
Wall Street
Irvington
New York Athletic Club
Edwin Gould
Seventh Regiment
Addison Cammack
Jesse Isaac
Joseph Seligman
Central Park
William Rockefeller
Standard 671 Company
Frank Work
William Hi. Vanderbilt
Edward
Otsego
Prince
Billy Freer
Dick Swiveller
Hood Wright
Drexel, Morgan & Co
Bankers
Bertha
Thomas W. Pearsy
Manhattan Elevated
Agi
William R. Travers
Hin
Ar. Travers
August Belmont
Rotherhilds
Lohg Island
Belmont
Mempstead
Low Island
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
New York
Russell Sage
Arthur E. Bateman
Sieteer
Labrador
Amamon
United States Navy
James Smith
The
Stock Exchange
Estelle
Thomas VW. Pearsall
Dloger Maxwell
Central Ralroad
New Jersey
Washington
Connor
George
J. Pierpont Morgan
Corsair
Morgan
Alfred Sully
Hackettstown
N. J