https://www.britannica.com/topic/Union-Pacific-Railroad-Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cr%C3%A9dit_Mobilier_scandal http://cprr.org/Museum/Credit_Mobilier.html What scandal did the New York Sun uncover regarding the Union Pacific Railroad and Crédit Mobilier? ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttonwood_Agreement Depiction of traders under the buttonwood tree A 1797 painting by Francis Guy . The building with the American flag is the Tontine Coffee House. Diagonally opposite (southeast corner, extreme right) is the Merc ...