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Oregon Steam Navigation Company Stock Certificate (113781)

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Oregon Steam Navigation Company Stock Certificate  (113781)
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This item SOLD at 2020 Dec 17 @ 12:56UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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Inc. 1862. No. 3477, issued for one share to the estate of Jay Cooke & Co. on May 15th, 1874. Signed by the president JC Ainsworth, the acting vice-president, and the secretary. Not cancelled. Black border and print, paddle steamboat vignette. Britton & Rey, SF. Folds, creases, wear to edges. 5.5 x 9.5" Ainsworth was the president in 1861 as noted in their charter. They purchased a "first class locomotive" for their railroad in the Cascades. They also ran steamers south of Portland to Salem in 1862. "The self-conceited first mate of the steamer is very abusive." (Weekly Oregon Statesman, Salem) By 1874 they possessed all of the river steamers on the upper and lower Columbia and the Willamette rivers.

Date: 1874
Country (if not USA):
State: Oregon
City: Portland
Provenance: Ken Prag Collection

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