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		They carried financial buccaneering to extremes, their program including open alliance with Boss Tweed, the wholesale bribery of legislatures, and the buying of judges.
		His wife spent the years of their marriage living with a woman friend, suggesting that she was a homosexual and had no sexual relationship with her husband.
		Fisk became involved in a dispute with business associate Edward S. Stokes over money and Broadway showgirl Josie Mansfield, and Stokes shot and killed him in New York City on January 6, 1872.
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		Fisk was elected county judge of Potter county, serving on the bench for one term and declining a renomination.
		Fisk is a great-granddaughter of Samuel Meredith, the first treasurer of the United States, who contributed one hundred and forty thousand dollars of his private fortune to the infant republic, that contribution being practically the nucleus of the fund in the national treasury.
		Fisk was born at Dayton, Ohio, on June 16, 1854, and is a daughter of Richard and Margaret J. Green, the former having been a merchant by vocation, and, for several terms, a member of the Ohio legislature.
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	Big Jim Fisk: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		James "Big Jim" Fisk (April 1, 1834 – January 6, 1872), American financier, was born in Bennington (A town in northwestern Vermont), Vermont (A state in New England).
		In 1864 he became a stockbroker (An agent in the buying and selling of stocks and bonds) in New York (A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies) and was employed by Daniel Drew (additional info and facts about Daniel Drew) as a buyer.
		They carried financial buccaneering to extremes, their program including open alliance with Boss Tweed (additional info and facts about Boss Tweed), the wholesale bribery of legislatures, and the buying of judges.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bi/big_jim_fisk.htm (258 words)

	Encyclopedia: James Fisk
		Fisk joined with Drew and Jay Gould to wage the Erie War, a scheme to use the Erie Railroad to pry huge amounts of money from the equally avaricious Cornelius Vanderbilt.
		Fisk was shot to death on the main stairway of the Broadway Central Hotel in New York City in January 1872.
		James Fisk (April 1, 1834 — January 6, 1872), American financier, was born in Bennington, Vermont.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/James-Fisk (240 words)

	Jim Fisk
		The American financier James Fisk was born at Bennington, Vermont, on the 1st of April 1834.
		They carried financial "buccaneering" to extremes, their program including open alliance with the Tweed "ring", the wholesale bribery of legislatures and the buying of judges.
		Fisk was shot and killed in New York City by E. Stokes, a former business associate, on the 6th of January 1872.
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	Rutland Herald: Rutland Vermont News & Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Fisk first sold blankets to the Union army at a high profit margin and then manufactured cotton goods through a Vermont mill he bought, using illegally obtained Southern cotton.
		Fisk proved himself quite a paradox; he treated competing corporations with deceit and intrigue, but possessed a large philanthropic streak.
		Fisk fell hopelessly in love, regardless of the fact that he remained married and his wife lived in Boston.
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	James Fisk
		James Fisk (April 1, 1834—January 6, 1872), American financier, was born in Bennington, Vermont.
		After arguments over money and a Broadway showgirl named Josie Mansfield, Fisk was shot and killed in New York City by Edward S. Stokes, a former business associate, on January 6, 1872.
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	Wikipedia: Daniel Drew
		Poorly educated, his father died at the age of 15, and Drew enlisted and fought in the War of 1812.
		In 1866-1868, Drew engaged in the Erie War, in which Drew conspired along with James Fisk and Jay Gould to issue fraudulent stock to keep Vanderbilt from gaining control of the Erie Railroad.
		In 1870, Fisk and Gould betrayed Drew, manipulating the stock price of the Erie Railroad and causing him to lose $1.5 million.
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	Jay Gould - One Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		He was brought up on his father's farm, studied at Hobart Academy, and though he left school in his sixteenth year, devoted himself assiduously thereafter to private study, chiefly of mathematics and surveying, at the same time keeping books for a flsmith for his board.
		In July 1868, the Erie War, which Gould and James Fisk engaged in against Cornelius Vanderbilt over control of the Erie Railroad, ended with Gould and Fisk taking control of the railroad.
		It was during the same period that Gould and Fisk became involved with Tammany Hall; they made Boss Tweed a director of the Erie, and Tweed in turn arranged favourable legislation for them.
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	JAY GOULD - LoveToKnow Article on JAY GOULD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In 1859 he removed to New York City, where he became a broker in railway stocks, and in 1868 he was elected president of the Erie railway, of which by shrewd strategy he and James Fisk, Jr.(q.v.), had gained control in July of that year.
		The management of the road under his control, and especially the sale of $5,000,000 of fraudulent stock in 1868-1870, led to litigation begun by English bondholders, and Gould was forced out of the company in March 1872 and compelled to restore securities valued at about $7,500,000.
		It was during his control of the Erie that he and Fisk entered into a league with the Tweed Ring, they admitted Tweed to the directorate of the Erie, and Tweed in turn arranged favorable legislation for them at Albany.
	57.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GO/GOULD_JAY.htm (544 words)

	James Fisk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		James Fisk (April 1, 1834 —; January 6, 1872),American financier, was born in Bennington, Vermont.
		They carried financial buccaneering to extremes,their program including open alliance with Boss Tweed, the wholesale bribery oflegislatures, and the buying of judges.
		After arguments over money and a Broadway showgirl named Josie Mansfield, Fisk was shot and killed in New York City by Edward S. Stokes, a former business associate, on January 6,1872.
	www.therfcc.org /james-fisk-62452.html (244 words)

	Great American History Fact-Finder - -Fisk, James, Jr (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Fisk, along with Jay Gould, helped cause the stock market crash in 1869 known as Black Friday.
		Fisk and Gould made millions and ruined many innocent investors when they tried to corner the gold market.
		Fisk was also involved in stock manipulation to control ship lines, as well as a struggle for control of the Erie Railroad, causing its ruin.
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	James Fisk (financier) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		James Fisk (financier) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		(April 1, 1834 – January 6, 1872), known variously as "Big Jim," "Diamond Jim," and "Jubilee Jim," was an American financier.
		James Fisk (financier), References, 1911 Britannica, 1834 births, 1872 deaths, People from Vermont and Arms traders.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Big_Jim_Fisk (380 words)

	1882 Miami Twp. Montgomery Co. History
		The elder Hole and wife died and were buried in the vicinity of the station, while the younger members of the family subsequently removed to other portions of the county and State.
		Phoebe Makain, the widow of James Makain, is the only one of his children now living; and Henry's three sons, Samuel, Cornelius and Henry, are the only members of the family name residing in Montgomery County.
		At the latter city, the church was deeply in debt and the building in a dilapidated condition, but in less than four years, under the energy and wise financial administration of Father Kalenberg, the debt was paid off, the building remodeled, and to-day the congregation is in a flourishing condition.
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	AmericanHeritage.com / Magazine
		He was Jim Fisk, not so long before a peddler of notions in Vermont, later the owner of everything from railroads to judges.
		Fisk found himself the master of the then outstanding Bristol and Providence, great walking-beam steamers of nearly 3,1100 tons, able to carry over 800 passengers each in luxury unparalleled for the time.
		After Fisk’s death, when his rival for Josie’s affections shot him on the stairs of the Grand Central Hotel one day in 1872, the line changed its name again, to the Old Colony Steamboat Company, which was under railroad control.
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	FISHKILL LANDING - LoveToKnow Article on FISHKILL LANDING (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The township of Fishkill was, like Newburgh, an important military post during the War of Independence, and was a supply depot for the northern Continental Army.
		FISK, JAMES (1834-1872), American financier, was born at Bennington, Vermont, on the 1st of April 1834.
		They carried financial buccaneering to extremes, their programme including open alliance with the Tweed ring, the wholesale bribery of legislatures and the buying of judges.
	53.1911encyclopedia.org /F/FI/FISHKILL_LANDING.htm (504 words)

	American Experience \| Ulysses S. Grant \| People & Events \| Black Friday, September 24, 1869
		At the root of the scandal were two well-known scoundrels, Jay Gould and Jim Fisk.
		The two financiers had worked together in 1868, when they used stock fraud and bribery to keep Cornelius Vanderbilt from taking control of the Erie Railroad, which they owned.
		Grant's response to their ideas was ambivalent, but the men were encouraged by his hospitality and willingness to engage them in conversation.
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		James "Jim" Fisk was born in Bennington, Vermont, in 1834.
		Fisk quickly gained a negative reputation for his practice of manipulating stocks, gold, and other securities.
		Both Fisk and one of his former business associates, Edward Stokes, were competing for the affections of actress Josie Mansfield; during an argument over her on January 6, 1872, Stokes shot Fisk.
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	James J Hill and the Building of His Railroad Empire - RailServe.com
		James J. Hill was the Empire Builder who started with nothing but a vision of the future.
		James J. Hill was born on September 16, 1838 in the small town of Rockwood, Ontario.
		James Hill stayed active in his railroad empire and came to office every day in St. Paul.
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	Scandal
		financier Robert Vesco, finally landed in jail on a thirteen-year sentence for "economic crimes against the state." The Detroit native was found guilty of defrauding Cuba's state-run pharmaceutical agency during the development of TX, a plant-based "wonder drug" that was reputed to help prevent AIDS and cancer.
		A Life of James Fisk, Jr.: Being a Full and Accurate Narrative of All the Enterprises in Which He Has Been Engaged.
		A Financial Phenomenon: An Investigation of the Rise and Fall of the Slater Walker Empire.
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	James Fisk - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		James Fisk - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title.
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about James Fisk contains research on
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	biography
		"In that extraordinary era of phenomenal commercial and industrial expansion which marked the close of the 19th century, James Stillman (1850-1918) was one of the strongest, though least spectacular, of the well-known group of men who piloted the nation's finance through the dangers of panic and over-prosperity." First edition, hardbound with illustrations and dust jacket.
		This is the "remarkable tale of a man who was at once beau, gambler, lover, traveler, banker, company promoter and adventurer--but who was also fundamentally an honest man who made a real and substantial contribution to the social and economic history of his times." First edition, hardbound with dust jacket.
		And in preparing his autobiography, which was never finished, he collected a vast number of notes in diary form, containing his observations, his opinions, and a record of his daily activities during the decade from 1918 to 1928.
	www.cl.utoledo.edu /canaday/hess/biography.html (2852 words)

	FISK, JAMES (1834-1872) - Online Information article about FISK, JAMES (1834-1872) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		raid," Fisk and Gould obtained control of the road.
		RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat.
		Fisk was shot and killed in New York See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /FAT_FLA/FISK_JAMES_1834_1872_.html (421 words)

	James Fisk -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Fisk worked successively as a circus hand, waiter, peddler, dry-goods salesman, stockbroker, and corporate official.
		In 1866 he formed Fisk and Belden, a brokerage firm, with the support of Daniel…
		The crash was a consequence of an attempt by financier Jay Gould and railway magnate James Fisk to corner the gold market and drive up the price.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9034403 (611 words)

	Rail References (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Aided by James Fisk and Daniel Drew, he defeated Cornelius Vanderbilt for control of this road and manipulated its stocks in his own interest and that of his group, including "Boss Tweed.
		Huntington's financial acumen and success in winning subsidies and favorable legislation from Congress gave him and his partners practical control of transportation in the West.
		Scottish-born James Murray Colman (1832-1906) arrived in Seattle in 1872 at the age of 40 to lease and operate Yesler's sawmill.
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	What Happened All Those Years Ago - September (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		At the root of the wreckage was an old-fashioned swindle, engineered by flamboyant financier Jay Gould and his robber baron partner, James Fisk.
		Gould and Fisk conspired to inflate and then corner the gold market, primarily by spreading a rumour that President Grant was about to stop the sale of government gold.
		Grant, who was better suited to the battlefield than office, initially bought into their logic, due in part, to his belief that the sale of government gold would hurt farmers and small-time entrepreneurs.
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