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Railroad Executive Jay Gould

(Original Caption) Jay Gould was one of the arch financial rascals of his day. One of his schemes in connection with Daniel Drew and Jim Fisk was to print bogus certificates of Erie R.R. stock which they dumped on the market for their own enrichment. Again in 69' he and Fisk almost cornered the gold market and drove hundreds of firms into bankruptcy. He later became a power among the western railroads,.
(Original Caption) Jay Gould was one of the arch financial rascals of his day. One of his schemes in connection with Daniel Drew and Jim Fisk was to print bogus certificates of Erie R.R. stock which they dumped on the market for their own enrichment. Again in 69' he and Fisk almost cornered the gold market and drove hundreds of firms into bankruptcy. He later became a power among the western railroads,.
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Credit:
Bettmann / Contributor
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515460330
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Bettmann
Date created:
January 01, 1869
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