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CHAPTER VII

THE ASTOR FORTUNE DOUBLES.

WILLIAM WALDORF ASTOR. Now a British Subject, Self-Expatriated. He Derives an Enormous Income from His American Estate.
WILLIAM WALDORF ASTOR. Now a British Subject, Self-Expatriated. He Derives an Enormous Income from His American Estate.

We have seen how at William B. Astor's death in 1876 the Astor fortune amounted to at least $100,000,000, probably much more. Within sixteen years, by 1892, it had more than doubled in the hands of his two sons.

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