Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1871/00/00 J Pierpont Morgan partners with Philadelphia banker Anthony Drexel to form Drexel, Morgan and Co, a private merchant banking house in New York City. Established
1879/00/00 William H Vanderbilt sells 250,000 shares of New York Central Railroad stock through Drexel, Morgan and Co. It is the largest block of stock ever publicly offered. Financier
1892/04/15 Drexel, Morgan and Co finances the consolidation of Thomas Edison's electric companies with the Thomson-Houston Electric Company to form the General Electric Company, one of the most important industrial combinations of the late 19th century. Financier Invention of Public Electricity Supply
1895/01/01 Drexel, Morgan and Co becomes J P Morgan and Co. End J P Morgan and Co Building New York City
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