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Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad Co (114482)

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Transportation Start Price:70.00 USD Estimated At:140.00 - 225.00 USD
Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad Co  (114482)
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This item SOLD at 2020 Apr 17 @ 14:49UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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2 certificates. Plans for the first railroad to run east to west across the state of Missouri were made in the office of John M. Clemens, father of Samuel (Mark Twain) Clemens, in the spring of 1846, in Hannibal, Missouri. Attorney R. F. Lakenan drew up the charter, "An Act to Incorporate the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad Company", which was passed by the Legislature in February, 1847. When the work was finally completed the train carried a bottle of water from the Mississippi River to be poured into the Missouri River signifying the joining of the two rivers by the steel rails. 1. #108, I/C, stock assignment of 200 shares issued March 14, 1860 signed J.M. Forbes Trustee. Black on blue paper, red seal, no vignette EF 2. U/U, not numbered, $1000, 8%, tax free, 1500 bonds printed, not know to exist beyond printing. Black, no seal. Several vignettes: top under wavy title 4-4-0 @ depot. Top left ship in rough seas. Top right Field workers picking cotton. Middle left Elk. Middle right Indian on horse r-l. Bottom Mustangs running in field. Continental Bank Note Co. printer. VG condition.

Provenance: Ken Prag Collection
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State: Missouri
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Date: 1860-76