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Blue Ridge Railroad Co. Revenue-Imprinted Bond signed by Henry Clews 106743

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Blue Ridge Railroad Co. Revenue-Imprinted Bond signed by Henry Clews  106743
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No. 820, issued for $1,000. Signed by president Harrison and secretary Guillard. Signed on the reverse by Henry Clews. Clews was an American financier and author who co-founded Livermore, Clews, and Company, the second largest marketer of federal bonds during the Civil War. He also organized the "Committee of 70," which deposed the corrupt ring of William M. Tweed in New York City. He also served as an economic consultant to President Grant. Bond has both railroad and allegorical vignettes plus 38 coupons attached. Folds, some toning. The Blue Ridge Railroad was chartered in 1852 with the goal of a line that would stretch from Charleston, SC over the Blue Ridge mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee, and then up to Louisville, KY and Cincinnati, OH. It was not successful. Three revenue imprints: RN-W2 on the front and two RN-P5s on the reverse. City: State: South Carolina Date: 1869