Henry Villard Quotes


No one felt it more than the President. I saw him repeatedly, and he fairly groaned at the inexplicable delay in the advent of help from the loyal States.


Citations

Villard, Henry. Memoirs of Henry Villard, Journalist and Financier, 1832-1900. Vol. 1, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1904, p. 169.

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Henry Villard
Henry Villard
  • Born: April 10, 1835
  • Died: November 12, 1900
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Journalist

Henry Villard was an American journalist and financier who was an early president of the Northern Pacific Railway.