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Astor

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Astor
1. John Jacob, 1st Baron Astor of Hever. 1886--1971, British proprietor of The Times (1922--66)
2. Nancy (Witcher), Viscountess, original name Nancy Langhorne. 1879--1964, British Conservative politician, born in the US; the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons


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John Jacob Astor to establish an American emporium for the fur trade at the mouth of the Columbia, or Oregon River; of the failure of that enterprise through the capture of Astoria by the British, in 1814; and of the way in which the control of the trade of the Columbia and its dependencies fell into the hands of the Northwest Company.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
Astor in his comprehensive project, might throw light upon portions of our country quite out of the track of ordinary travel, and as yet but little known.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
You tell me where your exclusive circles would be if the first Astor hadn't had the money to pay for his steerage passage over?
The Four Million by Henry, O. View in context
 
 
 
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