History of the United States I / Unit 9 USH1 1242 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Peter Cooper
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The idea
Peter Cooper tried various moneymaking enterprises before succeeding in the glue business, opening a Manhattan glue factory in the eighteen twenties and expanding into iron.
In practice
Cooper building a steam locomotive in eighteen twenty-seven.
Where people slip
Despite his wealth Cooper lived modestly, holding that respectability came through hard work, not family pedigree.
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