It's hard to deny that Jay Gould was one of the wealthiest American businessmen of the 19th century, but he also might have been the most brazen criminal in North America.

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http://www.waynehistorypa.org/places/...

https://zadockprattmuseum.org/zadock-...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archiv...

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/ref...

https://www.nytimes.com/1859/10/07/ar...

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/time...

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/05...

https://blogs.loc.gov/inside_adams/20...

http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/gordon...

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexpe...

https://www.businessinsider.com/jay-g...

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