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Early Pacific Railroad Bond (102243)

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Transportation Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 1,200.00 USD
Early Pacific Railroad Bond  (102243)
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Framed. Bond #114 for $500. issued July 1, 1863 by the County of Sacramento. 17.25"x12.25" Cancelled written with Paid stamp. No coupons attached. Two revenue stamps, one for 25 cents and one for 5 cents affixed to the front. Very nice condition, rough right edge and one heavy vertical fold. It contains the signatures of county officers Thomas Ross, Josiah Howell and C. L. Bird. The bond was used to raise money for the First Transcontinental Railroad under Sec. 5 of the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862. Specifically, it was used to build the Central Pacific Railroad, which runs from San Francisco to Promontory, Utah. There it meets the Union Pacific Railroad line running back east, where the famous "Golden Spike" was driven to join them. Central Pacific Railroad was an extremely important railroad completing the railroad from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans. President Lincoln signed the Pacific Railway Act on July 1, 1862. This authorized the Central Pacific and Union Pacific to build the railroad to the Pacific Ocean. The railway line included over one dozen tunnels. The first rail lines were laid in 1863. Over 95% of the work was done by Chinese workers. Work completed seven years ahead of schedule. Financing created by governor of California and railroad baron, Leland Stanford, railroad baron Collis Huntington, American educationist, theologian and president of Williams College, Mark Hopkins and Charles Crocker, construction supervisor and president of Charles Crocker & Co. According to Heritage Auctions, there may be no more than a half-dozen of these still in existence.

Date: 1863
City/County: Sacramento
State: California