Hetty Green newspaper clippings on will

[Nutmeg Coin]

I asked the local librarian in Vermont what they had on Hetty Green on original documents, they had this  folder.  Interesting how the estate was distributed that gave Col. Green a lot of buying power for his numismatic collection.  His sister got the lion's share after he died and everything ended up distributed to good causes.    

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[Amazon]

Very cool. Thanks for sharing. She(and her son) definitely lead a very interesting life. For those who don't know, she was VERY frugal and was known as the witch of Wallstreet. She was the richest woman in America at the time.

[A.Phillips]

8 hours ago, Amazon said:

Very cool. Thanks for sharing. She(and her son) definitely lead a very interesting life. For those who don't know, she was VERY frugal and was known as the witch of Wallstreet. She was the richest woman in America at the time.

Well, interesting and harsh life too. Because Hetty seems to be a neglect mother to her 2 children: Edward and Sylvia. It's from the website, "No one suffered the harshness of her behavior as much as her two children, Ned and Sylvia. They lived in squalor, missed the social opportunities their station in life should have provided, and were mentally damaged by their overbearing mother. After Ned suffered a leg injury as a child Hetty failed to seek proper treatment. When the leg became worse, she sought treatment in New York's public (free) clinics. Eventually, Ned lost the leg and was fitted with a cork leg. Sylvia was ill-treated and a social outcast in New York and Massachusetts."  Even though she was a multimillionaire at that time.. crazy, eh?

[Amazon]

51 minutes ago, A.Phillips said:

Well, interesting and harsh life too. Because Hetty seems to be a neglect mother to her 2 children: Edward and Sylvia. It's from the website, "No one suffered the harshness of her behavior as much as her two children, Ned and Sylvia. They lived in squalor, missed the social opportunities their station in life should have provided, and were mentally damaged by their overbearing mother. After Ned suffered a leg injury as a child Hetty failed to seek proper treatment. When the leg became worse, she sought treatment in New York's public (free) clinics. Eventually, Ned lost the leg and was fitted with a cork leg. Sylvia was ill-treated and a social outcast in New York and Massachusetts."  Even though she was a multimillionaire at that time.. crazy, eh?

That is crazy. I get being cheap, but cheap to the point that it effects your children? I'm sure they would have been happy to give all that money back in order to have a caring mother. Hetty definitely is an interesting character. I wouldn't be surprised if they turn her life story into a HBO TV series or movie.

[Nutmeg Coin]

I completely agree.  If someone plays by the rules, follows the law and tries to live up to a life worthy of the ancestors they came from, wealth can be used well and be a blessing for many.  I have known many hoarders who hoarded junk and made their own and other people's lives miserable.  There was a reality show on hoarders that showed good people, mainly women who exercised phenomenal patience in trying to help them get back to a semblance of normal living. From a historical perspective, Aristotle in his "Politics" discusses the elements of household management, the history of how money developed as to original logical intent.  http://www.sparknotes.com/philosophy/politics/section1.rhtml

 

Ned ("Col. Green") apparently wanted to carve out his own path in life, was somewhat carefree and generous, but was still burdened by the shadow of Hetty.  Too bad Edward, the father, did not have a greater role in his family but was ostracized by Hetty for speculative and losing investments.  

[RWB]

Try reading an accurate modern biography to learn about Ms Green.