1890, Washington and Alaska. Stock certificate of the Puget Sound and Alaska Steamship Company. Brown/Black. Lovely engraved vignette of a steamship in rough seas at top center. Printed by Franklin Bank Note Company. Issued to and signed on verso by Brayton Ives. General Ives a banker, was born in the town of Farmington, Connecticut, in 1840

1890, Washington and Alaska. Stock certificate of the Puget Sound and Alaska Steamship Company. Brown/Black. Lovely engraved vignette of a steamship in rough seas at top center. Printed by Franklin Bank Note Company. Issued to and signed on verso by C. W. Wetmore. Named for one of the financial backers of American Steel Barge, Charles W. Wetmore became the first whaleback to operate outside the Great Lakes. Punch and stamp cancelled and Excellent

1890, Washington and Alaska. Stock certificate of the Puget Sound and Alaska Steamship Company. Brown/Black. Lovely engraved vignette of a steamship in rough seas at top center. Printed by Franklin Bank Note Company. Issued to and signed on verso by Colgate Hoyt. Punch and stamp cancelled and Excellent

1890, Washington and Alaska. Stock certificate of the Puget Sound and Alaska Steamship Company. Brown/Black. Lovely engraved vignette of a steamship in rough seas at top center. Printed by Franklin Bank Note Company. Issued to and signed on verso by Edwin W. Winter. Punch cancelled and Excellent.

1890, Washington and Alaska. Stock certificate for 50 shares of the Puget Sound and Alaska Steamship Company. Brown/Black. Lovely engraved vignette of a steamship in rough seas at top center. Printed by Franklin Bank Note Company. Issued to and signed on verso by F.M. Fenwick

1890, Washington and Alaska. Stock certificate of the Puget Sound and Alaska Steamship Company. Brown/Black. Lovely engraved vignette of a steamship in rough seas at top center. Printed by Franklin Bank Note Company. Issued to and signed on verso by James B. Colgate. JAMES B. COLGATE, banker, born in New York city, March 4, 1818,was the son of William Colgate, who came to America in 1798, settled in Harford county, Maryland, and, in 1804, moved to New York, where he established the now widely known industry of manufacturing Colgate’s soaps.

1890, Washington and Alaska. Stock certificate for 50 shares of the the Puget Sound and Alaska Steamship Company. Brown/Black. Lovely engraved vignette of a steamship in rough seas at top center. Printed by Franklin Bank Note Company. Issued to and signed on verso by John U. Brookman. Punch and stamp cancelled and Excellent.

1890, Washington and Alaska. Stock certificate of the Puget Sound and Alaska Steamship Company. Brown/Black. Lovely engraved vignette of a steamship in rough seas at top center. Printed by Franklin Bank Note Company. Issued to and signed on verso by Thomas F. Oakes

1890, Washington and Alaska. Stock certificate of the Puget Sound and Alaska Steamship Company. Brown/Black. Lovely engraved vignette of a steamship in rough seas at top center. Printed by Franklin Bank Note Company. Issued to and signed on verso by William L. Bull