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American History
Related: About this forumOn December 6, 1963, Jacqueline Kennedy and Caroline went to the Georgetown home of Averell Harriman.
After assassination, Jacqueline Kennedy and Caroline arrive in Georgetown, today 1963, at home of Averell Harriman, who had moved to Georgetown Inn with his wife in order to let Kennedys temporarily use his house.
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Fri Dec 6, 2024: On this day, December 6, 1963, Jacqueline Kennedy and Caroline went to the Georgetown home of Averell Harriman.
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On December 6, 1963, Jacqueline Kennedy and Caroline went to the Georgetown home of Averell Harriman. (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
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bucolic_frolic
(54,497 posts)1. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Brothers_Harriman_%26_Co.
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (BBH) is the oldest and one of the largest private investment banks in the United States.[3][4] In 1931, the merger of Brown Brothers & Co. (founded in 1818) and Harriman Brothers & Co. formed the current BBH.
Brown Brothers Harriman is also notable for the number of influential American politicians, government appointees, and Cabinet members who have worked at the company, such as W. Averell Harriman, Prescott Bush, Robert A. Lovett, Richard W. Fisher, Robert Roosa, Alan Greenspan[5] and Scott Bessent.
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Much, much, much more at the Wikipedia link. Nexus of power and wealth, the names of founding partners perhaps more important than those who invested with them.
Spun off commercial banking which became through mergers Drexel Burnham Lambert.
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (BBH) is the oldest and one of the largest private investment banks in the United States.[3][4] In 1931, the merger of Brown Brothers & Co. (founded in 1818) and Harriman Brothers & Co. formed the current BBH.
Brown Brothers Harriman is also notable for the number of influential American politicians, government appointees, and Cabinet members who have worked at the company, such as W. Averell Harriman, Prescott Bush, Robert A. Lovett, Richard W. Fisher, Robert Roosa, Alan Greenspan[5] and Scott Bessent.
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Much, much, much more at the Wikipedia link. Nexus of power and wealth, the names of founding partners perhaps more important than those who invested with them.
Spun off commercial banking which became through mergers Drexel Burnham Lambert.
Historic NY
(39,807 posts)2. Averell was a nice thoughtful man
my aunt and uncle worked for him for decades.
