| Show the first john jacob astor born in germany came to new york in 1783 by MRS JOHN KING VAN rensselaer in the social ladder there tire are some names that appear in the society sections of the press chiefly through the persistent publicity methods of the society leaders themselves there are many others who are cited frequently in print whether they wish it or not because of their wealth their achievements or their connection with the economic financial or political life of the city readers come to regard those persons most frequently featured by the press as belonging to old knickerbocker families in nine cases out of ten their judgment is wrong prominent today in published accounts of new york social events are the Vander bilts the asters the morgans the davidsons the bel its the laments the Vander lips the villards dillards Vil lards the goulds only one of t these families has enjoyed social recognition in new york as far back 99 civil war times this was the asters not a single one of the names cited abed above runs back in the annals of society to the revolutionary era the e first john jacob A astor stor born bom in walldorf germany came to new york in 1783 as a piano merchant |
