Talk:William Fargo

Date of death

Any way to confirm the date of death? Have seen this image of a USD$100 travelers cheque paid by "Wm G Fargo" to a hotel in Leipzig, dated 1891-08-05. Bears a regular serial number, not the all-zeros common to a specimen note.

The image link you provided was dead (404 error). I confirmed date of death from Fargo's obituary in the NYTimes.DACC23 (talk) 18:56, 15 September 2016 (UTC)

The first section is not so much "early life" as genealogy...

... but the really puzzling thing about this section is the last sentence: "His great-grandfather was the son of Moses Fargo (1691–1798)[4] and the grandson of Moses Fargo (1648–1742), who emigrated from England to Connecticut in 1670 and served with distinction in the Revolutionary War."

I don't know about anybody else, but I sincerely doubt that anyone who emigrated to Connecticut in 1670 went on to serve with distinction in the Revolutionary War. Zgryphon (talk) 03:37, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

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Description of his father’s war of 1812 service

If his father served under Van Rensselaer at Queenston Heights, this is what Van Rensselaer‘s page says about that battle: “On October 13, 1812, Van Rensselaer launched an attack on the British position that would evolve into the Battle of Queenston Heights. Though initially successful, Van Rensselaer's inadequate preparations and his plan of attack were clearly main reasons for what became a major defeat. He was unable to secure the element of surprise, he did not procure enough boats for his men to cross the Niagara Rivereasily, and he was even unable to supply his soldiers with sufficient ammunition. Despite significantly outnumbering the British in the early stages of the battle, the American soldiers, untried and untrained, sometimes refused to cross to the Canadian side of the river. Once the tide of the battle turned, Van Rensselaer was not even able to coax the boatmen into going back over to rescue the doomed attack force. His forces were badly beaten by British troops under generals Isaac Brock and, after Brock's death, Roger Hale Sheaffe. The defeat at Queenston Heights spelled the end to Van Rensselaer's active military career; after the battle, he resigned his post.” Occupied what ground? 47.54.6.37 (talk) 00:20, 20 May 2025 (UTC)