CONTENTS

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Preface

PART I

CONDITIONS IN COLONIAL AND SETTLEMENT TIMES

CHAPTER I The Great Proprietary Estates
CHAPTER II The Sway of the Landgraves
CHAPTER III The Rise of the Trading Class
CHAPTER IV The Shipping Fortunes
CHAPTER V The Shippers and Their Times
CHAPTER VI Girard—The Richest of the Shippers

PART II

THE GREAT LAND FORTUNES

CHAPTER I The Origin of Huge City Estates
CHAPTER II The Inception of the Astor Fortune
CHAPTER III The Growth of the Astor Fortune
CHAPTER IV The Ramifications of the Astor Fortune
CHAPTER V The Momentum of the Astor Fortune
CHAPTER VI The Propulsion of the Astor Fortune
CHAPTER VII The Climax of the Astor Fortune
CHAPTER VIII Other Land Fortunes Considered
CHAPTER IX The Field Fortune in Extenso
CHAPTER X Further Vistas of the Field Fortune


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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