John Jacob Astor

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In 1822 he opened the western branch of his American Fur Company in St. Louis John Jacob Astor DD $1,200 J 19th CENTURY AMERICA 2009-01-08 #5604
His Pacific Fur Company was founded on June 23, 1810, in order to extend his fur influence over the Northwest (John Jacob) Astor DD $1,600 DJ 19th CENTURY AMERICA 2002-03-21 #4049
To extend his influence over the Pacific Northwest, he founded the Pacific Fur Company in 1810 John Jacob Astor $800 DJ 19th CENTURY AMERICA 1997-09-02 #2987
By around 1800 this American began marketing his furs to China Astor $400 J 19th CENTURY AMERICANS 1995-12-12 #2597
In 1811 a subsidiary of his American Fur Company founded Fort Astoria on the Columbia River (John Jacob) Astor $200 J 19th CENTURY AMERICA 1994-03-04 #2195
In 1834 he gave up the fur trade & turned to real estate, where he made an even greater fortune (John Jacob) Astor $400 DJ 19th CENTURY AMERICANS 1993-05-17 #2016
When he died in New York City in 1848, this merchant was the richest man in America John Jacob Astor FJ 19th CENTURY AMERICANS 1990-10-30 #1417
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