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== History ==
The Jonkman corporation or as it was known when it was founded “'''Jonkman
Through the early 1700s, the company continued to expand its operations and wealth slowly, outlasting those companies that rose quickly but fell just as quickly. When the grandson of Cornelis, Petrus, took over in 1743 the company had its headquarters in Nieuw Amsterdam a large factory where they stored their goods that they would sell to the frontier towns. It was with Petrus that the company began to invest in the ever-growing and developing frontier towns and gained a reputation as a fair merchant company that was not like the power-hungry Patronen and through its investment into the community it solidified itself amongst many of the more inland towns and communities. In 1789 the company by now being one of the largest trading companies of Nieuw Nederlandt made its first steps in diversifying, it bought various shipping companies and their trade outposts thus giving it direct access to products coming in from Latin America and Asia marking its first step into the global market.
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With the dawn of the 19th century and a newly independent Nieuw Nederlandt, the company started to transform itself. Further diversifying its own operations getting into mining, shipbuilding, ship transport, and the early railroad development. Aiding in the development of the infrastructure. By 1826 it owned 60% of all the railroads, steamliners around the Nieuw Amsterdam region having in effect a monopoly on transport. As Nieuw Nederlandt was developing its manufacturing base and numerous textile mills sprung up. Jonkman got in early and using its wealth it was able to move the railroad development and connect key manufacturing hubs in the country to the major commerce centers.
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