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#54 The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt

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Vanderbilt's Monopoly Buster

In his small fleet Vanderbilt swept down on coastal and riverside communities around New York seeking out new customers and Cargos. He raised the head of a cluster of rival schooners which I don't even know what that word means but they're calling the people that are using boats to to gather like food like seafood. So in this case he goes and he's arriving going ahead of rivals to the Virginia oyster grounds right so he's pulling a pound pulling up oysters to fill his hole with New York's favorite food. Then he began to sail up the Delaware River where he bought shad by the slippery thousands then he sailed up to New Jersey where he learned to hire horsemen

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