Collection consists of correspondence and legal papers of Randolph as executor and trustee of the Samuel J. Tilden estate and of the Tilden Trust Corporation.
Lewis Van Syckle Fitz Randolph (1838-1920) was an American businessman and financier.
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Author
Randolph, L. V. F. (Lewis Van Syckel Fitz), 1838-1921.
Title
L.V.F. Randolph papers, 1895-1919.
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Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Biography
Lewis Van Syckle Fitz Randolph (1838-1920) was an American businessman and financier. After his service in the Union Army in the U.S. Civil War, he worked for the Illinois Central Railroad Company becoming the director in 1875. He resigned in 1885 and established himself in the cattle business in Texas. In 1886 he joined the Tilden Trust Corporation and was named executor and trustee of the Samuel J. Tilden estate in 1903. He also was president of the Atlantic Trust Company and the New York Consolidated Stock Exchange.