1848, Massachusetts. $1000 Bond. Black with embossed orange company seal. Two engraved vignettes of steam locomotives. Pen cancelled. Very fine.

1851. Massachusetts. Stock certificate for 20 shares. Blue on gray paper with orange seal. Pen cancelled. Very fine.

1878, England. Stock. Ornate left border. Raised red seal. Light punch and stamp cancelled.

1883, Iowa. Stock certificate for 100 shares of the Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Railroad Co. Purple. Vignette of steam locomotive passing factory scene. Issued and signed on verso by Oliver Ames. OLIVER AMES II (1831 - 1895). Financier; Son of Oakes Ames. Ames served as the traveling salesman, foreman and manager of Oliver Ames & Sons. Upon the death of his father Oakes Ames, Oliver II was left with the responsibility of settling and managing his estate, proving him to be an exceptional financier. Pen cancellations not affecting Ames' signature. Very fine.

1907, Nebraska. Stock certificate for 5 shares. Green/Black. Vignette of electric street car and horse drawn carriage at top center. Punch and stamp cancelled. Very fine.

1905, Nebraska. Stock certificate for 1000 shares. Green/Black. Vignette of a large bridge at bottom center. Signed at bottom right as president by Stuyvesant Fish,(1851 - 1923); Railroad executive. Fish was a member of a politically prominent New York family, his father having served as Ulysses Grant's Secretary of State. Fish himself was a prominent and successful businessman, holding executive positions in many companies. While he was President of the Illinois Central Railroad (1887 - 1906), it became one of the most prosperous railroads in the U.S. Lightly pen cancelled in red including a check mark affecting three letters of Fish's signature. Very Fine.

1865, New York. Stock certificate for 360 shares. Light purple text on white paper with attached adhesive revenue at bottom. Signed as President by Jay Gould (1836 - 1892) Railroad magnate; Financier; Stock market manipulator. Issued to and signed on verso by William T. Hart, one of Gould's earliest railroad business partners. Minor paper loss at lower left and right corners. Ink spot affecting the R in the company title. Overall age toning, very good. Ink cancelled through Gould's signature and shows smudging. Hart's signature has bleed-through from this on verso.

1833, Texas. Share certificate #3878 for 1 share “or one eleven thousand two hundredth part, estimated as equal to 4017 6/7 Acres, more or less, of an in that certain tract of land situate in Texas...”. Black. The lands involved are described in detail in the text detailing a West Texas tract which had been part of a large empresario grant originally awarded to John Charles Beales and Jose Manuel Royuela for colonizing the property. The company acquired the lands which were held “for the Benefit of The New Arkansas & Texas Land Company, by Thomas Ludlow Ogden, Daniel Jackson and Edward Curtis as Trustees. All there have signed at the bottom. A fine, early Texas Land Company share. In excellent condition.

1927, New York. Stock certificate for 5 shares. Orange/Black. Vignette at top center of an eagle with outspread wings. Perforation and punch cancelled. Very Fine.