James Fisk (financier)
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James Fisk Jr. was an American stockbroker and corporate executive who was one of the robber barons of the Gilded Age. He achieved much ill-fame for his role in Black Friday in 1869, where he and his
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Jay Gould
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Jay Gould was an American railroad magnate and financial speculator who founded the Gould business dynasty. He is generally identified as one of the robber barons of the Gilded Age. His sharp and ofte
James Fisk (financier)
…executive who was one of the robber barons of the Gilded Age. He achieved much ill-fame for his role in Black Friday in 1869, where he and his partner Jay Gould befriended the unsuspecting President Ulysses S. Grant in an attempt to use the President's good name in a scheme to corner the gold market in New York…
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Jay Gould (right) in 1855
"History of Jay Gould," part of promotional booklet series "Histories of Poor Boys Who Became Rich and Other Famous People," published by W. Duke, Sons & Co. in 1888
First Mortgage Bond of the Troy, Salem and Rutland Rail Road Company, issued 1 July 1865, signed by Jay Gould