1943, New York. $10,000 “Loan for Canal Improvement” bond bearing 4% interest. Brown/Black. Engraved vignette of the state seal. Issued to: As Trustee Under Will of Frederick W. Vanderbilt for William Seward Webb” WILLIAM SEWARD WEBB: Although educated as a physician, William Seward Webb built two hundred miles of railroad and opened up the wilderness where others had failed. In 1881 Dr. Webb married Lila Osgood Vanderbilt, youngest daughter of William H. Vanderbilt, by whom he had four children. Punch and stamp cancellations. Very Fine.

1926, New York. $1,000 “Loan for Canal Improvement” bond bearing 4 1/2% interest. Green/Black. Engraved vignette of the state seal. Issued to: WILLIAM K. VANDERBILT Jr. (1878-1944); Railroad executive, Punch and stamp cancellations. Very Fine.

1925, New York. $10,000 “Loan for Canal Improvement” bond bearing 4% interest. Brown/Black. Engraved vignette of the state seal. Issued to WILLIAM K. VANDERBILT JR.(1878-1944); Railroad executive, Punch and stamp cancellations. Very Fine.

1927, New York. $50,000 “Loan for Canal Improvement” bond bearing 4% interest. Green/Black. Engraved vignette of the state seal. Issued to: WILLIAM K. VANDERBILT Jr. (1878-1944); Railroad executive, Punch and stamp cancellations. Very Fine.

1943, New York. $5000 “Loan for Canal Improvement” bond bearing 4% interest. Brown/Black. Engraved vignette of the state seal. Issued to: As Trustee Under Will of Frederick W. Vanderbilt for William Seward Webb” WILLIAM SEWARD WEBB: Although educated as a physician, William Seward Webb built two hundred miles of railroad and opened up the wilderness where others had failed. In 1881 Dr. Webb married Lila Osgood Vanderbilt, youngest daughter of William H. Vanderbilt, by whom he had four children. Punch and stamp cancellations. Very Fine.

1926, New York. "Loan for Highway Improvement" bond for $50,000 bearing 4% interest. Olive/Black. Vignette at upper left of The Great Seal of the State of New York. Issued to but not signed by William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. (1878-1944), Railroad executive. Perferation and punch cancelled. Very fine.

1927, New York. $50,000 bond bearing 4% interest. Blue/Black with blue overprint. Vignette of state seal at top center. Issued to but not signed by WILLIAM K. VANDERBILT. Stamp and perferation cancelled. Very fine.

1865, New York. $17,000 Bond bearing 7% interest. Black. Engraved vignette at top center of a seated lady liberty with spread eagle. Issued to and signed by George F. Baker. GEORGE FISHER BAKER (1840-1931). Banker; Philanthropist. Starting as a clerk in New York state’s banking department in 1856, the clever and industrious Baker quickly came to the notice of many of the state’s prominent bankers. By 1863, he had been lured from state employment, and was one of the founders of the First National Bank of New York, a bank that would become the most prominent of all banks under the new national banking system. During the Panic of 1873, he was largely responsible for keeping the bank afloat, and it was during this period that the bank began to more fully adopt Baker’s philosophy and become a “banker’s bank.” Baker became the bank’s second president in 1877, and aggressively continued the bank’s policy of developing connections with great business corporations, both in the U.S. and overseas. A man of boundless energy, Baker sat on the boards of many corporations in a wide variety of industries, at one point sitting on some 87 boards simultaneously. At its height, his fortune was estimated at some $200 million but, at his death, after many years of donations to schools, libraries, museums, hospitals, churches, etc. his estate was valued at a mere $73.5 million. Small split at one fold repaired with archival tape. Pen and cut cancelled, all paper intact. Fine.

1937, New York. $1,000 engraved Bond for “General State Improvements” bearing 4% interest. Green/Black. Vignette of NY State Seal, Liberty & Justice at top. Issued to: ALFRED G. VANDERBILT (1912-1999) Son of Alfred G. Vanderbilt who died in the Lusitania. Horse racing enthusiast. Famous for his legendary horse Native Dancer and arranging the epic 1938 Pimlico Special match race between Seabiscuit and War Admiral, at his Pimlico Race Course. Headed the New York Racing Association and United States Jockey Club. Punch cancellations. Very Fine.