COMMODORE" Cornelius Vanderbilt and his friend the Rev. Dr. Charles F. Deems were conversing in the sitting room of the Comomdore's residence, in Washington Place, one evening, a few years before ...
Cornelius Vanderbilt was a 19th century ... He earned the nickname "The Commodore" and has been praised for his contributions to the nation's transportation infrastructure. Indeed, Cornelius ...
CORNELIUS VANDERBILT was called on in the Supreme Court Special Term, before Judge BARNARD. Mr. WM. A. BEACH, of Troy, counsel for the Commodore, manifested his readiness to proceed with the ...
It was the nickname of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the founder and first benefactor of the university that bears his name (more on ...
According to Vanderbilt, university namesake Cornelius Vanderbilt earned the "Commodore" nickname himself while he was in ...
Of the four unsavory titans of 19th Century Wall Street, by far the meanest and most rascally was Daniel Drew (1797-1879), who was now with, now against rough “Commodore” Cornelius Vanderbilt ...