Russell Sage
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Russell Risley Sage was an American financier, railroad executive and Whig politician from New York, who became one of the richest Americans of all time. As a frequent partner of Jay Gould in various transactions, he amassed a fortune.
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Share of the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company, issued 12. December 1870, signed by Russell Sage
Damage to the interior of the main office after the assassination attempt against Russell Sage
Sage's mausoleum in Oakwood Cemetery
Olivia Slocum Sage in 1910
A 1909 Drawing of Proposed Myra Goodwin Plantz Dormitory, which would later be called Russell Sage Dormitory at Lawrence University.In their orbit 1
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Russell Risley Sage was an American financier, railroad executive and Whig politician from New York, who became one of the richest Americans of all time. As a frequent partner of Jay Gould in various transactions, he amassed a fortune. Olivia Slocum Sage, his second wife, inherited his fortune, which was unrestricted for her use. In his name she used the money for philanthropic purposes, endowing a number of buildings and institutions to benefit women's education: she established the Russell Sage Foundation in 1907 and founded the Russell Sage College for women in 1916.
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