John Jacob Astor

(1763-1848)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848 LBT ID: JoAstor1848 VIAF ID: 74646588 LOC ID: n82027832	B/BAP: 1763-07-17 DIED: 1848-03-29
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American fur trader and financier; he was the wealthy patriarch of the of the Astor family.
REFERENCES TO John Jacob Astor: Sydney Smith to Sir George Philips, 22 December 1836 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Found 1: ¶ 3 Saba Holland, A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Letters 1836