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Indiana Southern Railway Bond with Tilden Signature 1866 [130680]

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Transportation Start Price:120.00 USD Estimated At:240.00 - 500.00 USD
Indiana Southern Railway Bond with Tilden Signature  1866  [130680]

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Signed by presidential candidate Samuel Tilden (S. J. Tilden). Samuel Jones Tilden was the 25th Governor of New York and the Democratic candidate for president in the disputed election of 1876. $1,000 1st Mortgage Bond for Indiana Southern Railway Co. Certificate # 8507. Grey border, adhesive orange company seal. Coupons 2 - 60 still attached. Bond in excellent condition. Vignettes 1) top middle of train in foreground on tracks, with body of water with bridge over it and mountains in background 2) top left man with flag and seated woman 3) top right woman with scythe dropping flowers on seated man with tool. Indiana Southern Railroad operates 186 miles of track from Indianapolis to Evansville. From Mars Hill (a neighborhood on the southwest side of Indianapolis) southwest through Martinsville and Spencer to Bee Hunter in Greene County. Indiana