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Cornelius Vanderbilt

noun

United States financier who accumulated great wealth from railroad and shipping businesses (1794-1877). Synonyms: Commodore Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt.

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"Cornelius Vanderbilt" Quotes from Famous Books

... so long to inform you that in March last Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt, of New York, gratuitously presented to the United States the ocean steamer Vanderbilt, by many esteemed the finest merchant ship in the world. She has ever since been and still is doing valuable service to the government. For the patriotic act ...

— The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Complete - Constitutional Edition • Abraham Lincoln

... details the circumstances under which Cornelius Vanderbilt, on my request, agreed in the month of July last to carry the ocean mails between our Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Had he not thus acted this important intercommunication must have been suspended, at least for a season. The Postmaster-General ...

— State of the Union Addresses of James Buchanan • James Buchanan

Words linked to "Cornelius Vanderbilt" : altruist, Commodore Vanderbilt, philanthropist, Vanderbilt, moneyman, financier