The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt Read Online Free PDF

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    INDIVIDUAL AND COMPANY NAMES

AO
Aaron Ogden
AS
Augustus Schell
ATC
Accessory Transit Company
CFA
Charles Francis Adams Jr.
CM
Charles Morgan
COH
Charles O. Handy
CtP
Courtlandt Palmer
CJV
Cornelius J. Vanderbilt
CKG
Cornelius K. Garrison
CV
Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1794–1877
DDT
Daniel D. Tompkins
EC
Erastus Corning Sr.
EMS
Edwin M. Stanton
HFC
Horace F. Clark
HG
Horace Greeley
HR
Hudson River Railroad Company
HRR
New York & Harlem Railroad Company
JB
James Buchanan
JHB
James H. Banker
JMC
John M. Clayton
JLW
Joseph L. White
JMD
John M. Davidson
JRL
John R. Livingston
JWR
John W. Richmond
LS&MS
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company
NYC
New York Central Railroad Company
NYC&HR
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company
TG
Thomas Gibbons
WG
William Gibbons
WGM
William Gibbs McNeill
WDL
William D. Lewis
WHV
William H. Vanderbilt
WLM
William L. Marcy
WmC
William Comstock

Primary Source Bibliography
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Albany Institute for History and Art, Albany, New York
Erastus Corning I Papers
New York Central Railroad Collection
American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts
Comstock Family Papers
Richard Ward Greene Papers
Baker Library, Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts
Erie Railway Company Collection
Records of R. G. Dun &