Includes: 8 lines, on New York State Senate letterhead, to E.D. Palmer, regarding purchase of a statue of Robert Livingston. Albany: March 26, 1880. * 1½ pp., to Alexander S. Porter, regarding a confidential matter in which he is to represent Astor. New York: Jan. 31, 1890. * 3 pp., to Bryce, about his magazine (recently purchased Pall Mall Gazette and Pall Mall Magazine), and possibly writing an article for the Review. London, May 4, 1893. William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor (1848 – 1919) was a financier and statesman and a member of the prominent Astor family. Upon the death of his father in early 1890, William Waldorf Astor inherited a personal fortune that made him the richest man in America. Provenance: A private California collection.