An attempt to involve Horace Porter in this plan was rebuffed, so this scheme began in earnest with a ten thousand dollar no-interest loan to Daniel Butterfield.
A key part of this plan hinged on the mistaken insertion of a period into a telegram reading "letter delivered all right." An attempt to involve Horace Porter in this plan was rebuffed, so this scheme began in earnest with a ten thousand dollar no-interest loan to Daniel Butterfield. An important participant was Abel Corbin, who brought the architects of this scheme into high social circles. George Boutwell finally put a stop to this event. For 10 points, the release of government reserves and the lowering of prices to 133 dollars an ounce put a stop to what day in 1869, on which James Fisk and Jay Gould attempted to corner the gold market?
A key part of this plan hinged on the mistaken insertion of a period into a telegram reading "letter delivered all right."
{Black Friday} [accept descriptive answers such as “Fisk and Gould's attempt to corner the gold market” before mentioned]