Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site is a 9.65-acre United States National Historic Site located 10 miles southwest of downtown St. Louis, Missouri, within the municipality of Grantwood Village, Mi
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William Henry Vanderbilt
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William Henry Vanderbilt was an American businessman and railroad magnate. Known as "Billy", he was the eldest son of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, an heir to his fortune and a prominent member of t
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
…manumit, emancipate and set free from Slavery my Negro man William, sometimes called William Jones... forever." The Grants turned White Haven over to William Henry Vanderbilt in 1881, to satisfy a loan Vanderbilt gave Grant after one of the latter's financial partners absconded with embezzled investment funds. A portion of…
Vanderbilt in 1882
William Henry Vanderbilt's mansion on Fifth Avenue.
1879 cartoon depicting Vanderbilt as "The Modern Colossus of (Rail) Roads".
Share of the New York and Harlem Rail Road Company, issued 31 October 1873, signed by William Henry Vanderbilt as president.