As William Polk Carey became one of the nation's largest real estate investors, he sent money for parties to his old fraternity, Delta Phi, at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Names include Sir Thomas Denys - a notable figure at Elizabeth I's court and George Carey, Baron Hunsdon, who later became patron of the Chamberlain's Men theatre company of which William Shakespeare was a member.

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