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Jay Cooke
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Jay Cooke: The Philadelphia banker who funded the Civil War, caused one of the nation’s biggest financial collapses, and founded Penn State Abington

Christopher Munden July 22, 2011 7 Comments

This hugely influential Philadelphian was responsible for everything from Little Bighorn to the Crash of 1873.

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