1895,North Dakota. Stock certificate for one share Issued to and Signed by William Nelson Cromwell and Signed by HC Payne as President. Lightly punch cancelled and very fine.

18--. Dakota Territory. Unissued stock certificate. Black/white. Litho. Uncancelled and Excellent.

1871. New Hampshire. Black on gray paper. Stock certificate for One share. Attached adhesive revenue stamp at lower left. Very fine.

1891, Minnesota. Stock certificate for 30 shares. Brown/Black. Engraved vignette of a steam locomotive at a train station. Organized in 1888, many of the company founders and shareholders rank among the elite of the banking and business world including John D. Rockefeller and a number of other Standard Oil Company dignitaries. The company leased to the Northern Pacific a large number of steam locomotives and a wide variety of passenger and express cars, finally selling all of its equipment to the reorganized Northern Pacific Railway Company in 1897. Lightly stamp and punch cancelled. Very Fine.

1890, Minnesota. Stock certificate for 50 shares. Brown/Black. Top center vignette of a steam locomotive departing a station. Issued to and signed on attached stock power by John Sherman nicknamed "The Ohio Icicle" (1823 - 1900) U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Ohio during the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. He served as both Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State and was the principal author of the Sherman Antitrust Act. His older brother was General William Tecumseh Sherman of Civil War fame. Diamond cut, stamp and punch cancellatons not affecting Sherman's signature. Very fine.

1889, Minnesota. Stock certificate for twenty six shares issued to and signed on verso by HENRY KIRKE PORTER (1840-1921) American businessman and Congressman from Pennsylvania. Brown/Black. Vignette of a train at a station at top center. Stamp and punch cancelled. Punch cancellations near, but not affect Porter’s signature. Very Fine.

1889, Minnesota. Stock certificate for 100 shares. Green/Black. Engraved vignette of a steam locomotive at a train platform. Issued to and signed on verso by JOHN D. ARCHBOLD.

The Northwest Equipment Company was organized in 1888. Many of the company founders and shareholders rank among the elite of the banking and business world including John D. Rockefeller and a number of other Standard Oil Company dignitaries. The company leased to the Northern Pacific a large number of steam locomotives and a wide variety of passenger and express cars, finally selling all of its equipment to the reorganized Northern Pacific Railway Company in 1897.

Light stamp and punch cancellations not affecting Arbold's signature on verso. Extremely Fine.

1888, Minnesota. Stock certificate for 100 shares. Green/Black. Vignette at top center of a steam locomotive departing a station. Issued to and signed on verso by WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER, (1841-1922). Oil company executive; Brother of John D. Rockefeller and an original partner and founder of the Standard Oil Company. William Rockefeller built Standard Oil's vast export business in New York and was responsible for that entire operation. In 1872, he played an instrumental role in settling the battles between the refiner's combinations and the crude oil producers. During this time, he formed close alliances with many of the East's most important oil men such as Henry H. Rogers and Charles Pratt, eventually bringing them into Standard Oil. William was a trustee of the Standard Oil Trust until its dissolution in 1890. Upon his death in 1922, he left a fortune estimated at between $150 million and $200 million. . Witnessed by WILLIAM G. ROCKEFELLER (1870-1922). Business executive. Son of William Rockefeller and nephew of John D., William G. served as treasurer of Standard Oil for many years, and director of numerous transportation and utilities companies. A great association. Diamond cut cancelled at left and punch and stamp cancelled. Both Rockefeller signatures are unaffected.

1885, New York. Stock certificate for 100 shares. GreenBlack. Engraved vignette of a steam locomotive at top center, nice portrait vignette of Frederick Billings at bottom. Issued to E. H. Harriman & Co. and signed on verso for the company by EDWARD H. HARRIMAN(1848-1909). Railroad executive, Financier. One of the great railway builders of all time, Harriman was known for his genius in developing and reinvesting in railroads. His stock market battle for control of the Northern Pacific against the combination of J. Pierpont Morgan and James J. Hill (which ended in a standstill) remains as one of Wall Street's great wars. A true financial wizard, Harriman was known as the "Napoleon of Wall Street" and upon his death, "controlled more millions of capital than any financial giant of the country." Stamp and Punch cancelled and Excellent..