New York County NyArchives News.....Mr. Astor's Executors April 30, 1848
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The Hannibal Journal April 30, 1848
Mr. Astor's Executors. -- The New York Tribune says:  "The following gentlemen 
are executors of the will of the late Mr. Astor, viz:  Wm. B. Astor, John J. 
Astor, Jr., Daniel Lord, jr., James G. King, and Washington Irving.  --  The 
will is voluminous, and was drawn up by D. Lord, Jr., Esq.

The only public bequests, are $400,000 for a public library, heretofore 
mentioned; $50,000 to the poor of Waldorf, to establish a hospital for the 
sick and disabled, $20,000 to the German Society; $5000 to the institution for 
the blind; $5000 to the Half Orphan Asylum; and $2000 to the Lying in Hospital.

Another article...same paper:  The property of John Jacob Astor, recently 
deceased, is estimated, by men whose opportunities for knowing its value are 
good, at $40,000,000.  All the product of his own industry and good 
management.  His age was 85.

Yet another article...same paper:  It is calculated that Astor's income must 
have been, of late, $2,000,000 a year, or $166,000 a month, which is about 
$41,500 a week, $4,760 a day, $240 an hour, and $4 a minute -- Reveille


Additional Comments:
The Hannibal Journal was published at Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri.  The 
Reveille was an Illinois paper, I think.

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