Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p E. W. Holbrook & Company was a New York City dry goods firm which became bankrupt in July 1883. Located at 51 Leonard Street, near Broadway (Manhattan), in Lower Manhattan, the business was among the most well-known of its kind. The company, led by Edwin W. Holbrook and three other directors, was in debt in the amount of $750,000 The failure was attributed to losses involved in the operation of its three cotton mills. Holbrook also lost $500,000 on Wall Street (Manhattan) in speculation. During the week of E.W. Holbrook & Company's insolvency, 162other firms in the United States failed.. }
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- E.W._Holbrook_&_Company abstract "E. W. Holbrook & Company was a New York City dry goods firm which became bankrupt in July 1883. Located at 51 Leonard Street, near Broadway (Manhattan), in Lower Manhattan, the business was among the most well-known of its kind. The company, led by Edwin W. Holbrook and three other directors, was in debt in the amount of $750,000 The failure was attributed to losses involved in the operation of its three cotton mills. Holbrook also lost $500,000 on Wall Street (Manhattan) in speculation. During the week of E.W. Holbrook & Company's insolvency, 162other firms in the United States failed.".