1876, Pennsylvania. Stock certificate for 1 share. Orange/Black. Fine vignette of the library building with horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians in foreground. Litho. Signed as president by THOMAS MORRIS PEROT(1828 - 1902). Merchant. Perot was active in founding The Woman's Medical College of Philadelphia, the first medical college in the world for women. As president of this library, Perot greatly expanded its number of volumes and usefulness to the general public. One small fold separation repaired with archival tape. Uncancelled and Extremely fine.

1883, Missouri. Black/White. Certificate of Membership. Vignette of ships, river and bridge at top center and building at bottom center. Stamp cancelled. Very fine.

1867, New York. Stock certificate for 100 shares. Black with green underprint. Vignette at upper center of a charging team of horses drawing a Merchants Union Express wagon loaded with parcels. Litho. Stamp cancelled. Overall age toning and rounded lower left corner. Fine.

1896, Brooklyn, NY. Stock certificate for 100 shares. Green/Black. Engraved vignette of a linotype machine at top right. Issued to and signed on verso by WILLIAM C. WHITNEY (1841-1904) Financier and Secretary of the Navy. Through his marriage to Flora Payne, daughter of Standard Oil's Oliver H. Payne, Whitney gained enormously important corporate contacts. In 1883, he became involved in a bitter struggle for control of the Broadway Railroad Company, eventually gaining control by entering into an alliance with Thomas Fortune Ryan and Peter A. B. Widener. Whitney remained active in street railway affairs until his appointment as Secretary of the Navy, where he rebuilt America's naval forces. Extremely Fine. Stamp cancelled and punch cancelled, though not affecting Whitney’s signature.

1916, Delaware. Stock certificate for 10 shares. Brown/Black. Vignette of a spread eagle perched on a globe at top center. Signed as president by William C. Mack, one of the brothers who founded Mack Truck. Some light red staining at top center. Splits at folds with minor paper loss at one fold. Paper loss at bottom right corner. Overall very good. A rare certificate signed by one of the Mack Truck brothers. Mack Truck History: In 1893, John M. Mack and his brother Augustus F. Mack purchase the carriage and wagon factory Fallesen & Berry. The following year, 1894, their brother William C. Mack, who had operated a wagon-building plant in Scanton, PA joins the business.

1906, Missouri. Trustee’s certificate for 37 1/2 part of a share. Blue / White. Blind embossed company seal. Issued to and signed on verso by LADY MARY INVERCLYDE. The wife of the recently deceased Cunard chairman, Lord Inverclyde, Mary, Lady Inverclyde, christened the ill-fated RMS Lusitania in June of 1906.Stamp and perforation cancellations do not affect Inverclyde’s signature. Very Fine.

1843. Ohio. $100 bond bearing 6% interest. Black/White. Multi vignettes of allegorical figures at top center, and lady top and bottom right and scene middle right. Cut cancelled all paper intact reinforced with archival tape on verso. Fine.

1875, Ohio. Stock certificate for 6 shares. Black on white paper. Top center vignette of a hand filling an oil lamp, which is sitting on a textbook. Uncancelled and very fine.

1941, New York. State of New York, Loan for Highway Improvement Bond for $5,000 bearing 4% interest. Olive/Black. Vignette of the state seal at upper center. Issued to and signed on verso by Michael F. Cudahy(1886-?). Meat packer. Meat packer. Cudahy was a prominent midwest businessman long identified with the meat-packing industry. For many years he was president of Cudahy Brothers Co., a company which was founded by his father and uncle and which was at one time one of the largest meat packing houses in the U.S.. Perferation cancellation lightly affecting the signature. Fine.