Hetty_ The Genius and Madness of America's First Female Tycoon - Charles Slack [118]
codicil to, 42–43, 48, 52
expert testimony on, 56–63, 233n
Gideon Howland’s descendants in, 41, 164, 206–8, 225–26
judge’s decision on, 64, 68–69, 233n
lawsuit against, 28, 35, 42, 48, 50–63, 64–65, 66, 68–70, 138, 232n-33n
mutual wills vs., 33–36, 38, 40, 41–42, 50, 51, 54–55, 68–69
previous will vs., 33–34
reading of, 47–48
“second page” scheme and, 51, 54–63, 65, 66, 68–69
signature comparisons and, 21, 54, 56–63
signing of, 38–39, 52
trustees of, 41, 43, 48, 53, 69, 70, 205
trust funds in, 39–40, 41, 42, 47, 51, 52, 69–71, 206–8, 232n
undue influence on, 36–38, 39, 41, 52, 53; see also Gordon, William A.
witness to, 39, 50
Howland Heirs, The (Emery), 70–71, 232n
Hoyt, Mary Irene, 142
Hunt, Richard Morris, 103
Huntington, Collis P., 118–23, 145. 196, 235n-36
appearance of, 120
in Big Four, 89, 119
California farmers exploited by, 119–20, 126, 161
in California gold rush, 103, 118–19
death of, 157–58, 236n
dishonest business practices of, 91–92, 96, 120
Fifth Avenue mansion of, 103
Hetty’s feud with, 98, 100, 118, 120–23, 125–27, 157–58, 212, 236n
Texas railroads and, 124–27
“If I Were As Rich As Hetty Green” (Toler), 191
inheritance taxes, 204–6. 220–21
“Inverted Jenny” stamp sheet, 210–11
Irish, Benjamin, 34, 164
Isaac Howland Jr. and Company, 2–3, 8-g, 10, 12, 17, 21
closing of, 23, 24, 38, 43, 123, 164
ships of, 8-g, 214
success of, 9
John J. Cisco and Son, 85–86, 87–100, 118, 234n
assignee of, 95–100
Edward Green’s indebtedness to, 89-91, 93, 94, 97, 98, 99, 100
failure of, 87–94, 122–23
Hetty’s cash deposits in, 86, 89–91, 93–94, 96–97, 100, 122–23
Hetty’s securities in, 86, 88, 89, 93, 97
lawsuit against, 98–100
press coverage of, 92–95, 97, 99
railroad bond investments of, 88–89, 91–92, 96, 120
Johnson, Samuel, 67, 210
Judah, Theodore, 119
Keane, Patrick J., 78
Keiley, William S., 98, 100
Kemp, Mrs. George, 191
Klepper, Michael, xii
Knickerbocker Trust Company, 166, 168
Knowlton, Elliott Burris, 212
Krell, George, 156
Kruttschnitt, Julius, 125
Ladies’ Home Journal, 71, 153–55
LaFranche, Louis, 152–53
Lawrence, Amory, 205
Lawrence, Ruth, 205
lawsuits, 15, 162–63, 174, 219–21, 236n, 237n
against Cisco and Son, 98–100
court costs of, 98, 100, 127
against Henry Barling, 138–43, 163
of Mabel Green, 219–20
for slander, against Hetty, 142
of states, for inheritance taxes, 205–6, 220–21
Waco and Northwestern Railroad
in, 125–27
see also Howland, Sylvia Ann, last will of
Leary, Annie, 65–66, 133, 147–48, 156, 171–72. 173. 175, 176, 196, 203
Hetty’s stroke and, 197–98
philanthropy of, 65, 107–8, 191
Leary, James, 65
Lincoln, Abraham, 30, 183
Loomis, Henry A., 225–26
Louisville and Nashville Railroad, 85, 89, 90, 94
Lowell, John A., 60, 61
Lowell, Mrs. James, 16, 19
Lowenstein, R. F., 188
McBurney, Charles, 114, 235n
McClellan, George, 167
McCofftry, Hannah, 39
McDonald, Thaddeus, 147
Mandell, Edward D., 34, 157
Mandell, Thomas, 10, 17, 21, 29, 38, 40, 42, 55, 70, 139
Marshall, Walter, 189, 194–96, 233n, 238n
Mary (Anna Green’s maid), 77–80
Massachusetts Bay Colony, 7
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 213–14
Round Hill mansion donated to, 223
Mathiot, George, 60–61, 62
May, Lewis, 95–100, 120
Mayflower, 6
Melville, Herman, 5–6
Men of Wealth (Flynn), 73
Merrill, Horace A., 207
Miami, Fla., 215, 216
Mikulecky, Frank, 136
Miles, George, 158
Miner, A. L., 159
mines, 31–32, 136, 204
Moby Dick (Melville), 5–6
money supply, 11, 102
Montague, Electa, 22, 26, 29, 38, 44–45, 55
as beneficiary, 39, 51–52, 69
court testimony of, 51, 53
Hetty’s correspondence with, 27–28
mutual wills and, 35, 36
Morgan, Charles, 92
Morgan, J. P., ix, xi, 30, 31–33, 103, 165
abused workforce of, 31–32
Civil War swindles of, 32–33
and panic of 1907, 168–69, 237n
philanthropy of, 33
Morrow, James, 114–15, 118, 128
mortgages, 115–16, 135, 136, 189, 205
Moses, Robert, 225
municipal bonds, 136–37
Mussel Slough Tragedy, 119
Nantucket, 3, 8, 9
National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland, The, 67, 234n
New Bedford,