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Black Friday Gold Panic and Wall Street Conspiracy
A century ago on September 24 1869 Wall Street faced a gold market corner led by Jay Gould and James Fisk Jr The plan to push gold prices collided with Grant administration actions causing a market crash and lasting financial shock that echoed across the nation. The episode ended with a dramatic sell off as Treasury action and conspirators fled to protect their gains, while public trust faltered and investigations followed.
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Scott
Jay Gould
Col
James Fisk, Jr
Gould
Lope Wolf
Fisk
Jim
Robert H. Fuller
MacMillan Company
Erie Railroad
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Tweed
United States Treasury
A. R. Corbin
Wall Street
Grant
New York
Boston
Fall River
Corbin
General Butterfield
Horace Porter
Butterfield
Albert Speyers
Speyers
Fuller
Heath
San Francisco
Bedlam
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Graint
James Brown
Brown
Washington
Smith and Martin
Beldan
Erie
Grand Opera House