JOHN HANCOCK His handwritten March 1783 letter as Governor of Massachusetts, instructing a garrison commander to forbid a ship full of Tories to disembark, requiring them to sail instead for New York (still in British hands) Autograph Letter, unsigned, 1 page, 7¾x12. Written as Governor. Boston, Massachusetts, 1783 March 27. To William Gordon, Commander of the Garrison in Dartmouth. In full: "I have this moment received your Letter by Express, giving information of the arrival of a Flag with a Number of Persons on board who were desirous of remaining some time at Dartmouth. I have laid the state of this Flag before the Council, & in consequence of their advice you are hereby Directed upon no pretense whatever, to suffer any of the Persons or any of the Effects brought in the Flag to be Landed at Dartmouth, or in any other place, but that you give immediate Directions for the Departure of the Flag with the Persons, & their effects to New York, and that after the Receipt of this Letter you make a point of Embracing the first fair wind to put her under Sail for New York, as no circumstance can possibly induce me to Deviate from this order. I am Sir your very humble servant.
JOHN HANCOCK Hancock handwrote, dated and put his "John Hancock" on this letter to the "Gentlemen of the Senate & Gentlemen of the House of Representatives" in 1783, while he was Governor of Massachusetts. He wrote this letter to inform the recipients that he had received an "Application for Sundry Articles for the use of the Tribe" from the Penobscot, which offered their services to the colonies during the American Revolutionary War. This letter was written less than eight months before the signing of the Treaty of Paris, which ended the war between the colonies and England. Draft autograph letter signed "J.H." as Governor of Massachusetts. 1 page, 7¾x6¼. Council Chamber, Boston, Massachusetts, Feb. 7, 1783. Addressed to the "Gentlemen of the Senate & Gentlemen of the House of Representatives". In full: "I have this moment Rec'd a Letter from Colonel Lithgow, by Two Indians of the Penobscot Tribe, these Indians are come to make Application for Sundry Articles for the use of the Tribe. The Letter with the Commissions given one of these Indians by Brigr. Genl.
THOMAS A. EDISON.Partly printed historic Manuscript DS: "T.A. Edison," and on a 5-cent Revenue Stamp bearing George Washington's likeness "TAE/Jan 17/1872", 1p, 8½x14. New York, 1872 January 17.The 24-year-old inventor sells the rights to his invention of an improvement in District and Alarm Telegraphs. Edison had been a telegraph operator. At the time of this document, Edison was immersed in devising inventions for the use and improvement of the telegraph. He had also been involved in the improvement of the stock ticker. With the $40,000 he gained from selling some of his stock ticker inventions he was able to establish his Newark, NJ laboratory. His years at Newark (1870-1876) were characterized by a number of telegraph patents and partnerships. The year of this document marked the start of a four-year period during which Edison conducted the manufacturing of telegraphic instruments for Western Union Telegraphic Co. and the Automatic Telegraph Co. He had several workshops in Newark. He worked on and completed the motograph, automatic telegraph system, duplex, quadruplex , sextuplex and multiplex telegraph systems.
P.T. BARNUM The great showman will send a bear and hyena that died at his circus' winter quarters to his taxidermist to be mounted or "skeletonized" for display at Tufts' Barnum Museum and mentions Jumbo, the giant elephant that the recipient will preserve less than three years later Autograph letter signed: "P.T. Barnum", 1p, 6x9¾. Bridgeport, 1883 January 14.On pictorial letterhead of "P.T. Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth and the Great London Circus" featuring "Sanger's Royal British Menagerie" and "Great International Allied Shows" to Professor Henry A. Ward. Barnum, J.A. Bailey and J.L. Hutchinson are pictured on the letterhead. In full: "Our folks at Winter Quarters lost a bear & I think a hyena this week. I told them to send them to you by freight train. Please tell Prof. Marth of Tufts about them & ask what you shall do - as I present them to their Museum either to sell to you or have you mount or skeletonize them if they desire at their expense. I remove to New York tomorrow - to Murray Hill Hotel & close Waldemere for the season.
WALT DISNEY and RAYMOND DISNEY Disney writes of pet project & film premier of Mary Poppins Typed Letter Signed: "Walt Disney". 6 x 9. August 3, 1964. Written on California Institute of the Arts letterhead. ½ inch tear at top right, creased at mailing folds, minor surface creases. Fine condition. In full: Dear Mr. Kinsey: Mrs. Von Hagen and I understand that you'll be with us on August 27, for the invitational World Premiere of “Mary Poppins” and a showing of our “Cal Arts Story” at Grauman's Chinese Theatre. We're very pleased with the opportunity to personally show you our plans for Cal Arts, and are looking forward to talking with you at the reception following the premier. Tickets for you and your guest, and a police pass with directions for valet parking in front of the theatre, will be mailed to you August 15. If you don't receive them by the 20th, call our premiere office at VI 9-7175, and they'll be able to help you out.” Walt Disney signed this letter of August 3, 1964, to Kersy Kinsey, on behalf of the California Institute of the Arts - commonly known as Cal Arts. Mrs.
SAMUEL COLT Samuel Colt Autograph Letter Signed to Edward Wesson Regarding the Development of a Dragoon Form Revolving Carbine. ALS signed: "Saml. Colt-" on page 1 and "S.C." on page 2. The letter is four integral pages written on pages one and two and addressed on page four, 8" x 9.75", New Haven, Connecticut, April 12, 1847, and postmarked the same day. Very fine condition. Framed by the Gallery of History, 31½x39. Samuel Colt writes asking that Wesson bore and rifle two long barrels that Colt expressed to him that day. Colt explains that "I want them for moddles [sic], & not having as yet any convenience for boring & rifling anything but pistol barrels" he is giving the tooling commission to Wesson. Colt gives specific instructions asking that Wesson make the barrel of one gun to accommodate "a round ball 50 to the pound loading at the britch [sic] & must not be any larger in the bore than the sample pistol barrel I send you." Shortly after this letter was written Colt moved his operations from New Haven to New York and began the production of the Colt Dragoon Revolver.
WALT DISNEY and HIS ARTISTS Extraordinary collection including a sketch of Mickey Mouse by Walt Disney himself, and another sheet with original drawings of Disney characters by Disney artists, a composer and a business manager. Framed with two photos to an overall size of 25x33. Framed Collection, including: 1) Original Art inscribed and signed: "To John Adrian, Hoping he will be able to draw better than this - Walt Disney", 6¾ x 10½ sheet, upon which Disney has drawn a pencil sketch of Mickey Mouse. Horizontal fold creased at center. Lightly toned and soiled. Otherwise, fine condition. 2) Original Art signed by each of the following: drawing of Goofy, signed "Ted Sears, Santa Clara - 41"; Pluto, signed "Norm Ferguson"; Donald Duck, signed "Franklin Thomas"; Bacchus, signed "Jim Bodero"; J. Thaddeus Toad, signed in pencil "Toad - of Toad Hall, Webb Smith"; Autograph Musical Quotation signed, "I'm the Reluctant Dragon What Ho! Quite So!/Charles Wolcott S. S. Santa Clara, 1941". Also signed by Disney's business manager
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER and HENRY FLAGLER The businessmen who retired in the same year signed this stock certificate concerning 20 shares Stock Certificate signed: "J.D. Rockefeller" as President, "H M Flagler" as Secretary and "JA Bostwick" as Treasurer, 15x7½. New York, 1883 August 10. Certificate No. 713 certifying "that Walter B. Mossman is entitled to Twenty Shares in the equity to the property held by the Trustees of the Standard Oil Trust...." Original transfer certificate, dated 1892 April 9, affixed ?. Each share was valued at $100. Vignette of the U.S. Capitol building at top center, giving the shareholder the false impression that the U.S. government had something to do with the Trust. John D. Rockefeller and Henry M. Flagler, as President and Secretary of the Board of Trustees, signed this 10-share certificate of the Standard Oil Trust in 1883, the year following the formation of this, the first industrial monopoly in U.S. history.
AL CAPONE, PANCHO VILLA and others Mexican 5-Peso Note, signed by attendees at a gambling party organized south of the border by the Chicago gangster in the early 1920s to evade Prohibition. Currency signed: "Al Capone", "Pancho Villa", "Edna Lovell", "Governor Ralph J. Marilyn", "Lloyd C. Pawley, "Mayor Rossi", "R. Mack Reid", "Shanty Malone" and other unidentified signatures, 6x2¾. Mexican 5-Peso Note, issued January 1, 1915. Also signed on obverse of the bill: "Harry Lloyd Kayan, "Ozzie", Betty Porter", "Barbara Briggs", "H. W. Pennington", "Jane Martin" and others. Alphonse "AL" CAPONE (1900-1947), expelled from school at 14, joined New York criminal gangs and became a trusted lieutenant of Johnny "The Fox" Torrio, leader of the Five Points Gang, acquiring his nickname of "Scarface" after gaining the scars in a fight. In 1918, Torrio moved to Chicago at the invitation of mob boss "Big Jim" Colosimo, and Capone - fleeing murder charges in New York - soon followed.
SAMUEL F.B. MORSE Signed autograph letter (1871) to an experimenter, in which Morse discusses "the present Science of Electro-Magnetism." ALS: "Saml F.B. Morse". 1½ pages, 5 x 8, front and verso. New York, 1871 February 22. The inventor of the Morse Code and the Electromagnetic Telegraph writes to G.W. Varnum, M.D., Montgomery City, Mo. In full: "I received yesterday through my friend & your Cousin J.B. Varnum, Esq your letter of the 16t. instant. In regard to the experiment mentioned in your letter, it is by no means new. Indeed it was from observing this effect, upon a needle, of the magnetism of an electric current (not indeed upon the modern electromagnet, which was the result of his observation,) that Oersted founded the present Science of Electro-magnetism. The use made also of this effect of the magnet upon the needle, to indicate the presence of an electric current upon the telegraph wires, is almost universal in the Offices in Europe; every instrument being furnished with a Galvanometer for the purpose, So although although (sic) not new, you have at least the satisfaction of having independently Suggested a valuable use of the magnetic needle.
HENRY DERINGER Rare handwritten note to his son saying "keep steady to your business and all will go right and straight" Autograph Note signed: "HD" and "H Deringer" in his hand as part of his son's name in the address, 2p, 7¼x9¾, front and verso. No place, no date, but circa 1833. Postscript written on verso of an address leaf addressed in his hand to his son: "John H Deringer Esq/Tioga Village/Tioga County/Penna". In full: "P.S. I am pleased to hear that you have commenced selling goods and that you are coming on so well, keep steady to your business and all will go right and straight." Ink note (unknown hand) on address side: "Henry Derringer [sic]/1833". Henry Deringer (1786-1868) invented the short barreled, heavy caliber pocket pistol that still bears his name. (The pistol type is spelled "Derringer"; only those of his manufacture are spelled with the single "r".) The popular weapon, easily concealable but packing a wallop, was "the weapon of choice of riverboat gamblers". John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Lincoln with an original Deringer. Deringer autographs are rare. Mailing fold at the "HD". Fragile.
SAMUEL F.B. MORSE The artist and inventor signs this letter recommending that Congress purchase letters of General Henry Knox owned by a lady and wishing the courts would effectively put an end to the pirating of his telegraph invention. ALS: "Saml. F.B. Morse", 2p, 7¾x10. Po'keepsie, N.Y., 1849 July 23. To C.S. Daveis, Esq., Portland, Me. Daveis (1788-1865) was a prominent Maine attorney.In full: "Yours of the 17th inst I received on Saturday evening & this morning I called on Mrs Beekman and read her your letter. She feels that she has (as she undoubtedly has) a valuable deposit of papers, which ought to belong to the State or the United States Government. She is well disposed towards accommodating you with the sight and use of the letters of Gen. Knox. She says that the papers are contained in several boxes, and the search will be attended with some labor but that she will select out those of Gen. Knox and lay them by themselves. That she should be desirous of reaping pecuniary benefit from papers possessing so much value to the state, is both natural and proper, and she felt gratefully that part of your letter which promised her you did.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER 10¼x14, Sepia photograph of the world's first billionaire shown in a suit and tie from the waist up. Photograph signed: "John D Rockefeller/May 7th 1923", Sepia, overall, 8x10 image, one surface. Merchant and businessman John D.Rockefeller, Sr. (1839-1937) established his first oil refinery in 1863 near Cleveland, Ohio. His enterprise became the largest in the region within three years; he incorporated the Standard Oil Company of Ohio in 1870 and bought out all of his major competitors by 1872. Rockefeller was a shrewd - critics claimed unscrupulous - business man - but the only legal problems he faced were anti-monopoly legislation and litigation, which he resisted through the use of holding companies. Rockefeller was the first billionaire, and the richest man of his time. Adjusted for inflation, he may have been the richest man of all time. From 1885 to 1910, he founded four philanthropic institutions, eventually contributing more than one-half billion dollars. The Rockefeller wealth, channeled through several foundations and trusts, remain major philanthropies.
SAMUEL F.B. MORSE and SARAH E. MORSE The two sign a 3-page, handwritten 1863 letter to their son Willy, away at school Autograph letter signed: "Yr Affectionate Father/Saml F.B. Morse" and "Your loving mother/S.E. Morse", 1 page, 4½x7½. 5 West 32nd Street, 1863 November 22. To their son Willy. Samuel F. B. Morse married his second wife, Sarah Elizabeth Griswold, in 1848. In a three-page letter, Mrs. Morse writes about family affairs, about his pet "Spottie is full of mischief. He tears many things that comes in his way." She tells him she is "going to have somethings on Christmas" wanting to know if he has "enough handkerchiefs...." Beneath his wife's signature, Morse writes, in part: "I add a few lines to your dear mother's letter. She says the truth when she says she thinks of you every day. Both you & dear Arthur are constantly in our thoughts...You must do all you can to please Mrs. Charles, Mrs. Fay and the other teachers and be diligent in your Studies...." Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872) was an American painter and inventor. While attending Yale College Morse painted for a living and later studied art in Europe.
THOMAS EDISON This rare document is a patent drawing, signed by Edison, for a Bolivian patent on the incandescent bulb. This patent was to protect Edison's rights to design of the bulb in Bolivia and has his full "umbrella" signature - a rarity. Rare Patent Drawing signed: "Thomas Alva Edison". 1 page, 16x22, 12x18 visible. Headed: "Lamina 3/Bolivia" at upper right corner. This patent, which was filed in Bolivia, features two imprinted drawings for one of Edison's actual patents relating to his incandescent lamp.Also signed: "Chas H. Smith" and "Geo. T. Pinckney" as "Testigos" [Witnesses]. Edison (1847-1931) patented more than a thousand inventions, including the incandescent electric lamp, the phonograph (his favorite invention), the mimeograph, the alkaline storage battery and the microphone. Edison also filed and received patents in other countries. Most of them, such as this patent filed in Bolivia in 1880, duplicated the U.S. patents, but they protected his work in those countries.Business & Finance | Stock Certificates
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THE AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY - STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED 05/01/1866 CO-SIGNED BY: HENRY WELLS, ALEXANDER HOLLAND, JAMES C. FARGO - HFSID 14229AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY: HENRY WELLS and JAMES C. FARGO 1866 stock certificate in American Express Company, signed by founder Wells and company officers Fargo and Holland. This certificate dates from only 16 years after the company's founding in 1850. Stock certificate signed: "Henry Wells" as President, "Jas. C.Sale Price $1,190.00
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THE AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY - STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED 05/01/1866 CO-SIGNED BY: HENRY WELLS, ALEXANDER HOLLAND, JAMES C. FARGO - HFSID 15284AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY: HENRY WELLS and JAMES C. FARGO 1866 stock certificate in American Express Company, signed by founder Wells and company officers Fargo and Holland. This certificate dates from only 16 years after the company's founding in 1850. Stock certificate signed: "Henry Wells" as President, "Jas. C.
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THE AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY - STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED 06/14/1861 CO-SIGNED BY: WILLIAM G. FARGO, HENRY WELLS, ALEXANDER HOLLAND - HFSID 23515AMERICAN EXPRESS: WELLS & FARGO. Stock Certificate signed: "Henry Wells" as President, "Wm G. Fargo" as Secretary and "Alex Holland" as Treasurer of the American Express Company, 1p, 12x8½. New York, 1861 June 14. Certificate 807 registered to Mrs.
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AMERICAN MERCHANTS UNION EXPRESS CO. - STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED 06/26/1869 CO-SIGNED BY: WILLIAM G. FARGO, J. N. KNAPP, E. P. ROSS - HFSID 15313AMERICAN MERCHANTS UNION EXPRESS COMPANY: WILLIAM FARGO, J. N. KNAPP, and E. P. ROSS The three businessmen signed this stock certificate to confer shares in the company Stock Certificate signed: "Wm G. Fargo" as President, "E. P.
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AMERICAN MERCHANTS UNION EXPRESS CO. - STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED 09/30/1869 CO-SIGNED BY: WILLIAM G. FARGO, J. N. KNAPP, E. P. ROSS - HFSID 15296AMERICAN MERCHANTS UNION EXPRESS COMPANY William G. Fargo signs an American Merchants Express Company Stock Certificate that has been bound in a leather and felt portfolio, 17¾x12¾ when closed. Stock Certificate signed: "Wm G. Fargo" as President, "E. P. Ross" as Treasurer and "J. N.
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AMERICAN MERCHANTS UNION EXPRESS CO. - STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED 09/30/1869 CO-SIGNED BY: WILLIAM G. FARGO, J. N. KNAPP, E. P. ROSS - HFSID 15295AMERICAN MERCHANTS UNION EXPRESS COMPANY. Stock Certificate signed: "Wm G. Fargo" as President, "E. P. Ross" as Treasurer and "J. N. Knapp" as Secretary, 1p, 12x8½. New York, 1869 September 30. Certificate No. 5443.
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AMERICAN MERCHANTS UNION EXPRESS CO. - STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED 10/07/1869 CO-SIGNED BY: WILLIAM G. FARGO, J. N. KNAPP, E. P. ROSS - HFSID 15332AMERICAN MERCHANTS UNION EXPRESS COMPANY: WILLIAM FARGO, J. N. KNAPP, and E. P. ROSS The three businessmen signed this stock certificate to confer shares in the company Stock Certificate signed: "Wm G. Fargo" as President, "E. P.
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HENRY S. BRYAN - STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED 01/16/1904 CO-SIGNED BY: JOHN DWAN, EDGAR B. OBER - HFSID 269339MINNESOTA MINING & MANUFACTURING ("3M"): HENRY S. BRYAN, EDGAR B. OBER and JOHN DWAN. Stock Certificate signed: "Henry S. Bryan" as President, "John Dwan" as Secretary and on verso "E.B. Ober" as shareholder, 10¼x8¼.
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HENRY B. CHAPIN - STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED 03/14/1887 - HFSID 76298THE MEXICAN TELEPHONE COMPANY: HENRY B. CHAPIN. Stock Certificate signed: "H.B. Chapin" (on verso), 1p, 7¾x5¼, with 3x5¼ receipt portion affixed at left edge. New York, 1882 December 20. Also signed by the President and Treasurer. Stock certificate number 1707.
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ERASTUS CORNING - STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED CIRCA 1847 - HFSID 252212ERASTUS CORNING Railroad developer signs stock certificate for the forerunner of the New York Central Railroad. Stock Certificate signed: "Erastus Corning" as President of the Utica and Schenectady Railroad Company, 1p, 7¾x5½. No place, circa May 1847.
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VICE PRESIDENT CHARLES G. DAWES - STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED 10/04/1915 CO-SIGNED BY: HENRY MAY DAWES - HFSID 30060A stock certificate signed by the Vice President to certify that he owns 100 shares of The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company. His brother, a prominent businessman, acts as witness.
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VICE PRESIDENT CHARLES G. DAWES - STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED 10/04/1915 CO-SIGNED BY: HENRY MAY DAWES - HFSID 30061CHARLES G. DAWES and HENRY M. DAWES A stock certificate signed by the Vice President to certify that he owns 100 shares of The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company. His brother, a prominent businessman, acts as witness Stock Certificate signed on verso: "Charles G. Dawes", 1p, 12x8.
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CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW - STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED 05/30/1888 - HFSID 32158CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW. Stock Certificate signed: "Chauncey M. Depew" on verso as President of the Board of the N.Y. Central Railroad, 1p, 12¼x8¼. New York, 1888, May 30. Stock certificate number 180. In part: "This Certifies that Chauncey M.
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SIDNEY DILLON - STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED 02/06/1879 - HFSID 176091SIDNEY DILLON. Stock Certificate signed: "Sidney/Dillon" as President of the Chicago and Canada Southern Railway company, 1p, 15¾ x 7¾ (including receipt portion at left). New York, 1879 February 6. Certifying that William R. Utley owns 120 shares of the railroad's capital stock.
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CHARLES I. du PONT JR. - STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED 09/07/1866 - HFSID 176112CHARLES duPONT Stock receipt signed as the administrator of a relative's estate. Partly Printed Stock Certificate signed on a slip of paper affixed to the attached stub: "Charles I duPont", 1p, 12x7½ overall, certificate 9¼x7½. Dover, Delaware, 1866 September 7. Certificate No. 1322.
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HENRY A. du PONT - STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED 01/31/1891 - HFSID 293903HENRY A. duPONT Stock certificate signed as President of the Wilmington and Northern Rail Road - 1,000 shares owned by himself Stock Certificate signed: "H.A. duPont" as Presidentof The Wilmington and Northern Rail Road Company, 1p, 11x8. No place, 1891 January 31. Certificate # 1,163 identifying Col. H. A.
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IRENEE DU PONT - STOCK CERTIFICATE ENDORSED 10/15/1918 - HFSID 176108IRÉNÉE du PONT He signed the transfer of this stock certificate in the International Mercantile Marine Company in 1918, one year before he became President of the Du Pont Corporation. Stock certificate endorsed "Irénée du Pont -".
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JAMES BUCHANAN DUKE - STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED 02/16/1916 - HFSID 285926JAMES B. DUKE Very rare stock certificate for 1000 Shares of the Common Capital Stock of One Hundred Dollars each of the P. Lorillard Company, signed by Duke as President of Southern Investment Co., of Canada Stock Certificate signed: "JB Duke" as President of Southern Investment Co.
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GOVERNOR CHARLES EDISON - STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED 09/18/1929 - HFSID 32227CHARLES EDISON Charles Edison, son of Thomas Edison, signed this certificate for 250 shares in the Edison Portland Cement Company in 1929. Stock Certificate signed: "Charles Edison" as Presidentand "H.F.
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GOVERNOR CHARLES EDISON - STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED 10/13/1926 - HFSID 32226CHARLES EDISON Charles Edison, son of Thomas Edison, signed this certificate for 250 shares in the Edison Portland Cement Company in 1926, the year he became president of Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Stock Certificate signed: "Charles Edison" as Presidentand "H.F.
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THOMAS A. EDISON - STOCK CERTIFICATE ENDORSED 10/02/1906 CO-SIGNED BY: THERON I. CRANE, WALTER S. MALLORY - HFSID 30136THOMAS A. EDISON The inventor signs a stock certificate transferring 280 shares of The Edison Portland Cement Company to another of his companies, Edison Manufacturing Co., of which he is President.
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THOMAS A. EDISON - STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED 01/12/1904 CO-SIGNED BY: HOWARD H. ECKERT, J. R. RUDOLPH - HFSID 30073THOMAS A. EDISON The inventor signs an original stock certificate transferring 125 shares of The Edison Storage Battery Company to another person. Partly Printed Stock Certificate signed: "Thos A Edison" at lower right margin, 1p, 11½x7¾, with 7½x6½ receipt portion affixed at left.
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JAMES C. FARGO - STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED 04/20/1891 CO-SIGNED BY: W. S. WEBB, JAMES D. TAYLOR - HFSID 32149JAMES FARGO. Stock Certificate signed: "Jas. C. Fargo" on verso as assignor of shares New York, 1891 April 30; also signed by "W. S. Webb" as President and by "James D. Taylor" as Secretary, 1p, 12x8. New York, 1891 April 20. No.
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FREDERIC J. FISHER - STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED 01/02/1924 - HFSID 198066FREDERIC JOHN FISHER Frederic John Fisher signs a stock certificate for 10 shares in The Fisher Body Ohio Company. Stock Certificate signed: "F.J. Fisher" as President and "A Mendelson" as Secretary, 1p, 13¼x9¼. Cleveland, Ohio, 1924 January 2.
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FREDERIC J. FISHER - STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED 02/05/1923 - HFSID 252235FREDERIC FISHER Frederic John Fisher signs a stock certificate for 10 shares in The Fisher Body Ohio Company. Stock Certificate signed: "FJ Fisher" as President and "A Mendelson" as Secretary of The Fisher Body Ohio Company, 1p, 13½x9¼. Cleveland, Ohio, 1923 February 5.
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FREDERIC J. FISHER - STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED 03/09/1923 - HFSID 348157FREDERIC J. FISHER This stock certificate from the Fisher Body Company is signed by the President and founder of the company Stock Certificate Signed: “F. J. Fisher”. 13x9 visible. Dated March 9, 1923. This certificate represents three shares in the company, each share valued at $100.
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LAWRENCE W. FOX JR. - STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED 04/30/1937 - HFSID 85528LAWRENCE FOX, JR. Stock Certificate Signed twice: "Lawrence W. Fox Jr.", as President of General Filmand on verso as transferring shareholder. 1p, 10x6½ with 3½x6½ receipt portion affixed at left edge. No place, 1937 April 30. Stock Certificate No.
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PHILIP A. S. FRANKLIN - STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED 04/20/1915 CO-SIGNED BY: A. J. LORING, H. G. PHILIPS - HFSID 176107His signature on 100 shares of International Mercantile Marine Company purchased by the Rockefeller Foundation in 1915. Franklin, who had been the company's spokesman during the Titanic disaster, became its President the year he signed this certificate, as IMM went into receivership.
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JOHN W. "BET A MILLION" GATES - STOCK CERTIFICATE ENDORSED 12/15/1899 - HFSID 198100"BET A MILLION GATES": JOHN W. GATES. Preferred Stock Trust Certificate endorsed: "JW Gates" on verso, 1p, 11¼x7¼. No place, 1899 December 15.Certificate No. 1162 for 100 Shares of the preferred stock of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, issued June 27, 1899. Each share was $100.
Sale Price $1,870.00
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JAY GOULD - STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED 03/17/1880 - HFSID 81308JAY GOULD Jay Gould signed this certificate for 100 capital stock shares for Horace Manual & Co. in the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company in New York City in 1880. Stock certificate signed "Jay Gould" as President of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company in blue ink.
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