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Profits
from the Central Pacific Railroad the fortunes of the Pacific Quartet
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Edwin
Bryant Crocker was the first to die, in 1875. At the time of his death, he
was no longer a partner in the Pacific Quartet, having sold his interest in
the Contract & Finance Company, and the securities it held to the other
partners in 1873. He still held his share in the undistributed Central
Pacific stock though, making him a millionaire many times. Mark Hopkins died
in 1878, leaving a fortune of $ 20 million. Charles Crocker followed …
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