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Auction: 314 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1093

Astor, William B. Desirable manuscript. Document signed "Wm. B. Astor" as executor of the will of Henry Astor. One page legal folio. New York, April 1834. William was the son of fur and real estate magnate John Jacob Astor, inheriting his place as the richest man in America; a lawyer by profession, he greatly increased the family´s wealth. His extensive land holdings would name him “the landlord of New York”. VF.

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