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New York Millionaires Who Built Fortunes by Effort
Special correspondence chronicles Russell Sage, J. L. Mott, Charles R. Flint, William Grace and others. It details Sage’s frugal habits and vast wealth, Mott’s art collection and city palace, Flint’s rapid ascent from a Brooklyn upbringing to West Coast trade, Grace’s Peruvian contracts and Long Island homes, and Hinrichs and Fales family fortunes built from modest beginnings to strong estates.
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New York
Sage, Mott
Grace
Flint
Fates
Hinrichs
Russell Sage
Fifth Avenue
Jordan L. Mott
Mott
Third Avenue
Mott Haven Draw Bridge
Democratic Party
Board of Aldermen
Delmonico’s
Gray
Oie
Charles R. Flint
Younges Ee
Brooklyn Polytechnic
South America
W. R. Grace & Co
Globe
Flint Grace
United States Aluminating Company
Gramme Electrical Company
Brooklyn
Benjamin Flint
Polytechnic
Grace & Co
Peru
Gracie
Mr. Grace
Union Square
Long Island
Glen Head
Glen Cove
East River
William R. Grace
Haliburton Fales, Jr
Windemere
England
Columbia College
Law School
Samuel Bradford Fales
Philadelphia
Isabel Corse
Fales
Brunswick
Delmon
Charles F. A. Hinrichs
Wall Street
Werckmeister
Broadway
New Jersey
Newark
Paterson
Elizabeth
New Brunswick
Long
New York City
William Walter Phelps
Napoleon
Twin Cities
FaLes-Cunris