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John Jacob Astor (born Johann Jakob Astor; July 17, 1763 – March 29, 1848) was a German-born American businessman, merchant, real estate mogul, and investor. Astor made his fortune mainly in a fur trade monopoly, by exporting opium into the Chinese Empire, and by investing in real estate in or around New York City during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was the first prominent member of the Astor family and the first multi-millionaire in the United States. (From Wikipedia) More about John Jacob Astor:
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15 additional books about John Jacob Astor in the extended shelves:![[X-Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/infouc.gif) John Jacob Astor, an unwritten chapter. (Meador publishing company, 1936), by Calvin I. Hoy (page images at HathiTrust)- John Jacob Astor, landlord of New York (J.B. Lippincott company, 1929), by Arthur D. Howden Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
- Certain rich men: Stephen Girard--John Jacob Astor--Jay Cooke--Daniel Drew--Cornelius Vanderbilt--Jay Gould--Jim Fisk (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1927), by Meade Minnigerode (page images at HathiTrust)
- Little journeys to the homes of great business men (The Roycrofters, 1910), by Elbert Hubbard (page images at HathiTrust)
- Contributions to the history of the Pacific Northwest. series A. (State College of Washington, 1927), by William David Vincent (page images at HathiTrust)
- The life and ventures of the original John Jacob Astor (Bryan printing company, 1915), by Elizabeth L. Gebhard (page images at HathiTrust)
- Life of John Jacob Astor. To which is appended a copy of his last will. (The American News Company, 1865), by James Parton (page images at HathiTrust)
- Astoria : or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains (Worthington, 1890), by Washington Irving (page images at HathiTrust)
- Astoria, or, Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains. (Putnam, 1897), by Washington Irving (page images at HathiTrust)
- Little journeys to the homes of great business men (The Roycrofters, 1909), by Elbert Hubbard (page images at HathiTrust)
- John Jacob Astor (s.n.], 1899), by William Waldorf Astor (page images at HathiTrust)
- Life of John Jacob Astor to which is appended a copy of his last will (American News, 1865), by James Parton (page images at HathiTrust)
- Astor and the Oregon country (s.n., 1800), by Grace Flandrau (page images at HathiTrust)
- Johann Jakob Astor und die Astor bibliothek. (German American press, 1904), by Albert J. W. Kern (page images at HathiTrust)
- Astoria ; or, Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains. (Belford, Clarke & company, 1885), by Washington Irving (page images at HathiTrust)
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