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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."<ref>[[Document:The Corsair Club Mentioned In J. P. Morgan's Will]]</ref> | 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."<ref>[[Document:The Corsair Club Mentioned In J. P. Morgan's Will]]</ref> | ||
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| + | It is unknown whether the group continued after J. P. Morgan's death in 1913. | ||
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Revision as of 14:42, 10 March 2020
 Corsair Club(Deep state milieu?)   | |
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 The Corsair III in Venice in 1902. | |
| Founder |  J. P. Morgan |
| Extinction | 1913? |
| Membership | • J. P. Morgan •  Cornelius Vanderbilt• William Rockefeller • Chauncey Depew |
| One of many elite dining clubs, where 12 members gathered for longstanding conversations. | |
The Corsair Club was an elite dining club, most probably founded by J. P. Morgan.
Contents
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).
Etymology
In 1881, J. P. Morgan bought the Corsair, 185-foot luxury yacht. In 1890 he commissioned the 241-foot Corsair II and in 1898 the 304-foot Corsair III.[1]
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."[2]
Dates
It is unknown whether the group continued after J. P. Morgan's death in 1913.
Known members
7 of the 10 of the members already have pages here:
| Member | Description |
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| 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 |
