The Wizard of Wall Street and His Wealth; or, The Life and Deeds of Jay Gould

Chapter 24: Transcriber’s Notes

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About This Book

A detailed chronological biography traces Jay Gould's rise from humble origins through work as a surveyor and author, early business conflicts such as the tannery dispute, marriage and first railroad ventures, aggressive contests for control of the Erie Railroad, involvement in the gold manipulation culminating in Black Friday, and expansion into western railways, telegraph consolidation, and urban transit. It interweaves accounts of boardroom confrontations, congressional scrutiny, personal habits, family life, death and funeral, and examines his methods, character traits, wealth accumulation, inheritance, and public reputation, concluding with anecdotes that illustrate the strategist's temperament and the consequences of his financial career.

Transcriber’s Notes

Punctuation, hyphenation, and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in the original book; otherwise they were not changed.

Simple typographical errors were corrected; unbalanced quotation marks were remedied when the change was obvious, but several remain unbalanced.

Illustrations in this eBook have been positioned between paragraphs and outside quotations. In versions of this eBook that support hyperlinks, the page references in the List of Illustrations lead to the corresponding illustrations.

Page 68: “The ‘legal account, was of an india-rubber character” was printed that way, with a single quote mark and a comma. Transcriber believes the comma may be a misaligned closing single quote mark.