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Panic of 1873

Jay Cooke & Company failed in September 1873, setting off a financial panic. Newspaper pages from 1873 to 1874 on a map and timeline.

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3121 matching newspaper pages in total. New York, NY has the most hits (381 pages). Showing up to 10 earliest results from this city.

  1. New-York Tribune — 1873-06-03, page 7

    … marketable securities are revived id exchange for Northern Pacifies at currout rates. Jay Cooke Co. Tex Per CENT INVESTMENT. At present rate of gold, an investment of $10,000 …

    … FLOUR AND MEAL~The sunual election at the Prodnee Exchaoge ecsused almost a compete suspension of business, and, under free present and ve arrivals of Flour, prices of most grades …

  2. New-York Tribune — 1873-06-07, page 6

    … , strengthens the phyaiqoe and invigorates the contiluhion. “T DANEING HOUSE OF JAY Cooke k Co., No. 20 WarL-st., New- YORK The NorTHERN Pacrric RAILROAD COMPANY mring determined …

    … princely pensions, and which guaranteed him the crown of France in the event of the failure of one frail life, he found liberalism too dangerous a game, and renounced it with …

  3. New-York Tribune — 1873-06-16, page 6

    … acre. All marketable securities are received in exchange for Northern Pacitics. Jay Cooke Co., No. 20 Wall-st., New-York, Ture DoMestic SEWING MACHINE MANUFACTURING Company …

    … other agents are in market trying to do tie sa “ha siwilar grade of Fioar, The panic In Winter Wheas ie i910 nouns accouniable, apd few dealers anticipated a decline …

  4. New-York Tribune — 1873-06-16, page 8

    … Huding of the Noria-West passage, or au open Polar sei. some J A GROUNDLESS PLAGUE PANIC. Considerable excitement and some alarm prevailed yesterday and on Saturday alternoon …

    … Reading Railroad certificates were the only ones used in raising the wind.” One of Jay Cooke's clerks, however, discovered to-day a Pennsy ivania Railroad certificate that, …

  5. The New York Herald — 1873-06-17, page 5

    … volume of de preciated securities, there having been no healthy reaction slncc the panic, then wc may look lor a sudden springing ol the financial mine, and an ex plosion …

    … Markkt.?Lonpon, June 16? Ev?n luc ?Linseed oil, ?33 18s. a ?34 per ton. PINANC1AI., -JAY COOKE A CO., ? No. 20 wall street. New York. Eachango Oil Berlin, Frankfort, Cable Transfers …

  6. The New York Herald — 1873-06-21, page 9

    … ramifying through every department of our commeroe. There is not l probability of a panic, but, taking the European sondition and our own into consideration, there are cogent …

    … acre. All marketable securities are received In exchange for Northern Pteldcs. JAY COOKE A CO., No. 20 Wall street, New York. A-LAPSLKY A BAZf.KY.74 IIKOADWAY. HROKKRS …

  7. The New York Herald — 1873-06-24, page 10

    … dav some excitement was causcd in the provision market by the announcement of the failure of Henry Milward A Co., one of the oldest and most highly esteemed firms of the …

    … London. June 2S? 5 P. M.? Refined petroleum, 14^d. a 14\d. per gallon. FINANCIAL. -JAY COOKE A CO.. ? No. 20 wall street, New York. Exchange on Berlin, Frankfort, London, Paris …

    … , Bremen, Vienna. Cable Transfers, Clreular Letters, Commercial Credits, on JAY COOKE, McCULLOCH A CO., 41 Lombard street London. Cable Transfers upon Vienna dlroct …

  8. New-York Tribune — 1873-06-30, page 6

    The Library of Congress text does not contain the match. It was found in American Stories (Dell et al. 2023), a second machine reading of the scans. OCR credits.

    … acre. All marketable securities are received in exchange for Northern Pacitics. Jay Cooke Co., No. 20 Wall-st., New-York, mtp—— Tex CENT INVESTMENT, the VerMonT Division …

  9. New-York Tribune — 1873-07-02, page 2

    … some two months ago. In the investments, Michigan Central sold down to 90 on the failure to make the usual dividend 93 was id for Fort Wayne, Pittsburgh bringing 873. Panama …

    … acre. All marketable securitios aro received in exchange for Northern Pacilics. Jay Cooke Co, No. 20 Wall-st., New-York, Ten CENT INVESTMENT, First MORTGAGE SINKING Fusp …

  10. The New York Herald — 1873-07-02, page 9

    … Mitikiikc* and other Securities. Insurance <il nil kiinls effected with bent emu panic*. J. J. UABRI-CII .t Oil., 117 Broadway. VLI. COLLECTIONS KNTRI'STKI) TO Till? …

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