See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

JAMES See also:

• JAMES FISK (1834-1872)
• FISK, WILBUR (1792-1839)

FISK (1834-1872)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American financier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• BENNINGTON

Bennington, See also:

• VERMONT

Vermont, on the 1st of See also:

• APRIL

April 1834 . After a brief See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period in school he ran away and joined a See also:

• CIRCUS (Lat. circus, Gr. Kipeos or Kptxot, a ring or' circle; probably " circus " and " ring " are of the same origin)

circus . Later he became a hotel waiter, and finally adopted the business of his See also:

• FATHER

father, a pedlar . He then became a salesman for a See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston dry goods See also:

• FIRM

firm, his aptitude and See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy eventually winning for him a See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in the business . By his shrewd dealing in See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army contracts during the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, and it is said by engaging in See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton See also:

• SMUGGLING

smuggling,he accumulated a considerable See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital which he soon lost in See also:

• SPECULATION

speculation . In 1864 he became a stockbroker in New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York and was employed by See also:

• DANIEL
• DANIEL (DANIL)
• DANIEL, BOOK
• DANIEL, GABRIEL (1649-1728)

Daniel See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

Drew as a buyer . He aided Drew in his war against See also:

• VANDERBILT, CORNELIUS (1794–1877)

Vanderbilt for the See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control of the See also:

• ERIE

Erie railway, and as a result of the See also:

• COMPROMISE (pronounced compromize; through Fr. from Lat. compromittere)

compromise that was reached he and See also:

• JAY (Fr. geai)
• JAY, JOHN (1745-1829)
• JAY, WILLIAM (1769-1853)

Jay See also:

• GOULD, AUGUSTUS ADDISON (,8o5-1866)
• GOULD, BENJAMIN APTHORP (1824-1896)
• GOULD, JAY (1836-1892)
• GOULD, SIR FRANCIS CARRUTHERS (1844- )

Gould became members of the Erie directorate . The association with Gould thus began continued until his See also:

• DEATH

death . Subsequently by a well-planned " See also:

• RAID

raid," See also:

• FISK, JAMES (1834-1872)
• FISK, WILBUR (1792-1839)

Fisk and Gould obtained control of the road . They carried See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial " buccaneering " to extremes, their See also:

• PROGRAMME, or PROGRAM

programme including open See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance with the See also:

• TWEED

Tweed " See also:

• RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

ring," the wholesale See also:

• BRIBERY (from the O. Fr. briberie, begging or vagrancy, bribe, Mid. Lat. briba, signifying a piece of bread given to beggars; the Eng. " bribe " has passed through the meanings of alms, blackmail and extortion, to gifts received or given in order to influ

bribery of legislatures and the buying of See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

judges . Their See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to .corner the See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market culminated in the fateful See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black See also:

• FRIDAY (A.S. frige-dreg, fr. frige, gen. of frigu, love, or the goddess of love—the Norse Frigg,—the dreg, day; cf. Icelandic frjddagr, O.H. Ger. friatag, frigatag, mod. Ger. Freitag)

Friday of the 24th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1869 . Fisk was shot and killed in New York See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

City by E .

S . See also:

• STOKES, SIR G
• STOKES, SIR GEORGE GABRIEL, BART
• STOKES, WHITLEY (1830-1909)

Stokes, a former business See also:

• ASSOCIATE (Lat. associates, from ad, to, and sociare to join)

associate, on the 6th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1872 .