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When Samuel Clemens arrived in New York from Europe on 7 September 1893, he was miserable with a cold and apprehensive about his financial future. To cure the cold, he “went to bed before dark and drank almost a whole bottle of whisky, and got up perfectly well” the next morning (SLC to Clara Clemens, 10 September 1893, TS in MTP).
Henry Huttleston Rogers (29 de enero de 1840 – 19 de mayo de 1909) fue un industrial y financiero estadounidense. Hizo su fortuna en el negocio de la refinación de petróleo, convirtiéndose en líder de Standard Oil. También desempeñó un papel importante en numerosas corporaciones y empresas comerciales de la industria del gas, el cobre y los ferrocarriles. Se hizo amigo cercano de Mark ...
It would be two years before Mark Twain and Henry Rogers would again return to Norfolk. The final spike in Rogers' Virginian Railway had been driven on January 29, 1909--Rogers' sixty-ninth birthday. The total cost of the project had exceeded $40,000,000 and most of the funds had been provided by Rogers himself.
Henry Huttleston Rogers (Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, 29 de janeiro de 1840 - Nova Iorque, 19 de maio de 1909) foi um industrial, capitalista e empresário norte-americano. Foi um dos homens-chave na fundação da Companhia Standard Oil de John Davison Rockefeller .
25. Jan. 2021 · Beloved Cody native Senator Henry Huttleston Rogers “Hank” Coe, 74, died peacefully at his Cody home on Jan. 21, 2021, surrounded by his loving family.
Added: Apr 25, 1998. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 893. Source citation. Businessman and Philanthropist. He amassed a fortune so large he was listed in a 1996 study as one of the 25 most wealthy individuals in US history. He was a major holder in John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Trust, and had numerous investments of his own in copper, steel ...
This collection of correspondence between Clemens and Rogers may be thought of as a continuation of Mark Twain's Letters to His Publishers, 1867-1894, edited by Hamlin Hill. It completes the story begun there of Samuel Clemens's business affairs, especially insofar as they concern dealings with publishers; and it documents Clemens's progress from financial disaster, with the Paige typesetter ...
