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Jay Cooke - Civil War financier of
the Union
Page entitled : Origin
and early life of banker Jay Cooke
Content of this page is about :
How Jay Cooke, the son of US Representative Eleutheros Cooke started in a
dry goods store and as freight agent for the Washington Packet line
Extract :
... Cooke was born 1821 in Sandusky, Ohio. His father, Eleutheros Cooke had
studied law and practiced at Granville, Washington county NY, where the
family was established before moving West to Ohio. When he settled in
Sandusky, Eleutheros Cooke was the city's first lawyer. He subsequently
entered politics and was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in
1822 and again in 1825 and 1840. In 1826, Eleutheros Cooke obtained from the
Ohio legislature the first charter for a railroad in the USA : ...
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