How Astor Began and Gained Wealth in Fur Trade
The New York Ledger recounts John Jacob Astor’s rise from selling unsalable furs in New York to profiting by exporting furs to London. A chance meeting with a German-born East India governor led to gifts and a parchment permit for trading, foreshadowing Astor’s future vast shipping and Pacific trade empire.
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The
New Yor Ledger
John Jacob Astor
Astor
New York
London
Great East India House
Germany
Wilhelm
Mr. Astor
East India Company
East Indies
Pacific Ocean
Astor and the East India Pass Venture
Mrs Astor urged her husband to seek a Canton voyage with a merchant who milled riches from a pass. Astor persuaded, risked one ship, split profits, and loaded specie ginseng lead and iron for Canton. The pass allowed Whampoa anchorage and huge profits from tea, with Astor netting about 55000 silver. The venture sparked lasting prosperity for Astor.
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Astor
West India
East Indies
Canton
East India
Hast India Company
Whampoa
East India Company
New
Blackbird Learns Tunes and Keeps Them Forever
A blackbird named Joe could whistle Polly Hopkins and later adapted to new masters, refusing other versions. After years with a severe household, he learned and sang the evening hymn at seven each night, preserving the old tune and discipline as he aged. This account comes from Decton’s Home Pets.
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Polly Hopkins
Blackbird
Joe
Belmont Bob and the Battle of Belmont
A slave servant named Belmont Bob, known as Bob, serves Gen. McClern on Belmont field. During the retreat he attempts to reach the boats, dismounts, slides down the bank, and refuses to surrender his master’s horse at a command to stop. He shields the Major’s claim that saving property outweighs personal risk, prompting a terse quip about value and praise.
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Bob
Belmont
McClernand
Mero
Cairo
Bey
Death in the Morning Bright A Child’s Farewell
An elegiac reflection on child death, cherishing morning and heaven. Poetic imagery compares the lost children to newborn dawn and birds, urging gentle acceptance and hopeful memory rather than mourning. The narrator envisions a serene departure, with no tears, only light and memories.
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Paradise
Iere
A Varied Parade of Vanity and a Morning Water Cure
A satirical dialogue condemns pretensions in youth and society, targeting mannered lounging, extravagant dress, and social status. It contrasts vain behavior with genuine duties, then shifts to a lazy husband who jokes about change as his wife dumps a bucket of water on him.
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Sain
Water Streets
Batavia
Ohio
Howse
Jomes
Delinquent patrons teased to settle debts in mock ad
A ragged set of items mixes a satirical plea to readers to pay debts, with warnings about credit and printing bills. It mocks those owing, contrasts punishment with payment, and includes brief anecdotes on electricity experiments, court opinions, and misread figures as seen in late 19th century commentary.
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Tagnatiaaeee
Vance
Irteen
Uni
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