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 Seven-Layer Envelo pe Wager on Wall Street
A long white bank envelope marked Very Important falls to New York streets near the Blanc and Porter banking houses during a tense race for control of the LDK railroad. Porter pockets it, a series of comical misadventures unfold involving Blane, Renwick the artist, and Jimmy the Rat, culminating in a public revelation and a truce.
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Upper
5Th Avenue
Central Park
Blane & Co
B.P.B
Wall Street
Bertrand Putnam Blanc
New York
Blane
Henry Porter
Porter Brothers
L.D.K
L.D.E
Mr. Porter
Bertrand Blanc
Henry
Bertrand Blane
John Dwyer -Dwyer
John Dwyer
Lumbus
New World
Policeman Dwyer
Dwyer
Blane House
Porter
Officer Dwyer
Enry Porter
Charlie Murphy
Jersey
New York Orb
L.O.K
Orestes Renwick
Nouveau Riche
Knickerbocker
East Seventies
New Jersey
Jimmy the Rat
Jimmy
Madison Avenue
Captain Anderson
Mulberry Street
Police
Renwick
Kcebunk
Bonds
Long Island
Bertrand Havelock Blane
Havelock
Mr. Blane
Ertrand Blane
Public Ledger Company