The Book of Daniel Drew: A Glimpse of the Fisk-Gould-Tweed Régime from the InsideDoubleday, Page & Company, 1913 - 423 páginas |
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Página ix
... Astor Seeks an Interview VIII . Life at the " Bulls Head " Tavern IX . Pioneer Cattle Driving X. Farewell to a Drover's Life • • XI . Early Steamboat Days on the Hudson XII . Commodore Vanderbilt Loses a Steamboat Race • XIII . Wall ...
... Astor Seeks an Interview VIII . Life at the " Bulls Head " Tavern IX . Pioneer Cattle Driving X. Farewell to a Drover's Life • • XI . Early Steamboat Days on the Hudson XII . Commodore Vanderbilt Loses a Steamboat Race • XIII . Wall ...
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... Astor Henry Astor , his name was - who got into the habit , whenever a drover would be reported as coming into town , of leaving his brother butchers tippling at the Bowery “ Bull's Head , ” skip out through the back door of the tavern ...
... Astor Henry Astor , his name was - who got into the habit , whenever a drover would be reported as coming into town , of leaving his brother butchers tippling at the Bowery “ Bull's Head , ” skip out through the back door of the tavern ...
Página 43
... Astor I got to know him well — was one of the most thriving butchers in the city . He was a German . He had come over in the Revolu- tionary War as a sutler following the Hessian Troops . His brother , John Jacob Astor , came over a ...
... Astor I got to know him well — was one of the most thriving butchers in the city . He was a German . He had come over in the Revolu- tionary War as a sutler following the Hessian Troops . His brother , John Jacob Astor , came over a ...
Página 45
... Astor , telling him that I was coming with some prime cattle and for him to meet me at the " Bull's Head " about noon . We trudged along , going slow ; it was hot as mustard , and I didn't want to sweat any meat off my critters . Below ...
... Astor , telling him that I was coming with some prime cattle and for him to meet me at the " Bull's Head " about noon . We trudged along , going slow ; it was hot as mustard , and I didn't want to sweat any meat off my critters . Below ...
Página 47
... Astor . He wasn't come yet , so I went in to dinner . Then I waited for him on the stoop in front of the tavern , alongside the Boston Road . Pretty soon I saw him come up the turn- pike , riding his horse . I got up and shook him by ...
... Astor . He wasn't come yet , so I went in to dinner . Then I waited for him on the stoop in front of the tavern , alongside the Boston Road . Pretty soon I saw him come up the turn- pike , riding his horse . I got up and shook him by ...
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Albany anyhow Astor began bill boat Bowery boys brokers brought Bull's Head butchers called Carmel cash cattle church Commodore corner critters crowd Daniel Drew deal dicker Drew Theological Seminary drover Enoch Crosby Erie Railroad Erie Road Erie stock Erie war fact farm farmers fellow fight Fisk and Gould getting give glad going Gould and Fisk greenbacks guess hand Harlem Henry Astor horse Hotel Hudson River inside Jersey City Jim Fisk Jimmy keep kind knew look meeting morning never night once paper passengers Peekskill Piermont pretty profits Putnam County rails scared sell Seminary side soon speckilations started steamboat talk tavern tell Theological thing thought thousand shares told took trip turn Tweed Uncle Vanderbilt Wall Street wanted York City