Vanderbilt family biographical materials, [ca. 1890].

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Vanderbilt family biographical materials, [ca. 1890].

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Biographical sketch of three Vanderbilts: Cornelius (1794-1876), William Henry (1821-1885), and the younger Cornelius (1843-1899); their railroad careers, especially in connection with the New York Central and the Lake Shore and Michigan, and the elder Vanderbilt's career building steamships and establishing steamboat lines. A dictation by Lambert Wardell, "under the direction of Mr. Hatmaker," remarks on the character of the elder Cornelius and William Henry.

Originals : 14 items.Copies : 1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 931:6) and positive.

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