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Isaias W. Hellman: Pioneer Investment Banker, Part 2, San Francisco Years

Isaias W. Hellman Values Codes I – H – E – L – P   The life of Isaias Hellman was of the romantic, not because of its weakly sentimentalizing, but because of the mastery which he displayed in working out a great career from humble beginnings,

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Adolph Sutro: Self-Trained Engineer, Book Collector, Land Investor, Merchant & Mayor

Adolph Sutro Values Codes  I – H – E – L – P   Adolph Sutro was born in 1830 in the German city of Aachen.   San Francisco & Its Surroundings Adolph Sutro came to California in 1850, at the age of 20. He went into

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Abram Anspacher: Jewish Grain King & “Old Man Benevolent” of Early San Francisco

Abram Anspacher Values Codes I – E – L – P   Abraham Anspacher was born in 1818 in the Bavarian town of Weimar, Schmiedau. He came to America in 1839, avoiding the draft, and settled first in Cincinnati, Ohio, then Louisville, Kentucky, and then Evansville, Indiana, where

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