Jay Cooke Autograph Letter Signed 07/01/1902

Make an Offer Today and Get a Quick Response! Take a Look at This Week's Specials! JAY COOKE - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 07/01/1902 - HFSID 31186. JAY COOKE The American financier pens this letter dated in 1902 regarding sending the recipient a letter Autograph letter signed "Jay Cooke".

1 page, 5¾x6½, 1 sheet folded, on stationery from Eildon in Ogontz, Pennsylvania. In full: My dear Sir I have yr letter & have handed it to Mr Butter who will send you one of Mr Chases [sic] letters if he can find one suitable to send - He keep all my documents - but is quite [illegible] and may not be able to go to the office at present.

Eildon was Cooke's home in Ogontz, Pennsylvania. It was bought by Charles Denis Barney, his son-in-law in 1878. After burning down in 1881, it was rebuilt.

Cooke lived at Eildon with his daughter and son-in-law. He served as fiscal agent for the U.

Problems in building the Northern Pacific Railroad (the second transcontinental railroad) and the financial crisis of 1873 forced Cooke to close his business Jay Cooke & Co. He later recouped his fortune with silver mines in Utah in 1878 and 1879 and investments in real estate in the West.

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Authentication: Numbered COA issued by Gallery of History, Inc.
Signed by: Jay Cooke
Autograph Type: Autograph Letter Signed
Autograph: Authentic Original