VANDERBILT WILLIAM KISSAM: (1849-1920)

VANDERBILT WILLIAM KISSAM: (1849-1920) American Businessman and Philanthropist and Horse-breeder. He inherited his father´s immense fortune and managed the family railroad investments. A.L.S., W.K. Vanderbilt, one page, 8vo, New York, n.d., Tuesday, on his personal printed stationery, 660 Fifth Avenue, to an unidentified correspondent. Vanderbilt states `I will be pleased to see you tomorrow Wednesday at my office Grand Central Depot at eleven thirty,´ The letter bears a Brown Company watermark. Left edge very slightly irregularly trimmed, otherwise VG £200-300 Vanderbilt was the owner of yacht ''Defender'' which won the America´s Cup in 1895.