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Revision as of 03:06, 5 September 2016
 Corsair Club  | |
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| Founder | J. P. Morgan |
| Membership | • J. P. Morgan • Cornelius Vanderbilt • William Rockefeller • Chauncey Depew |
| One of many elite dining clubs, where 12 members gathered for longstanding conversations. | |
Official narrative
Wikipedia has nothing to say about the Corsair Club, although it was the subject of at least one report in the commercially-controlled media (a 1913 article in the New York Times).
Membership
J. P. Morgan is the presumed founder member of the club. The 1913 NYT article mentions Chauncey Depew.
Exposure
The group became publicised to outsiders when J. Pierpont Morgan died, since in his will he left silver souvenirs, of the value $1,000 each, to "the members of the Corsair Club at the time of my death."[1]
Known members
7 of the 10 of the members already have pages here:
| Member | Description |
|---|---|
| George Bowdoin | Banker with Drexel Morgan & Co. Corsair Club |
| Chauncey Depew | US deep state operative, classmate of two future US Supreme Court Justices, a member of Psi Upsilon, Skull and Bones, Corsair Club, The Pilgrims Society... |
| Charles D. Lanier | A Morgan man. |
| J. P. Morgan | Ultra wealthy US deep politician whose The Money Trust ruthlessly dominated corporate finance and industrial consolidation there for decades. |
| William Rockefeller | Co-founded Standard Oil in 1870 with his more infamous brother, John D. Rockefeller. |
| Elihu Root | US deep politician. A member of J. P. Morgan's Corsair Club. |
| Frank K. Sturgis | American banker |
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