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Auction: 16017 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 854

Thomas Clark Durant (4 items): Peoria and Bureau Valley Railroad. Illinois, a) 150 Shares $100 each, 1861 #577, signed on verso. b) 100 Shares $100 each, 1869 #896. Signed as President. c) 25 Shares $100 each, 1870, #937. Signed as President. d) 21 Shares $100 each, 1875, #1255. Signed on verso, all with native Americans viewing railroad from hill, black, all cancelled, very fine. (4)

Thomas Clark Durant (1820-1885) was a railroad financier and promoter. He organized and controlled the Crédit Mobilier of America, but in 1867, he lost control of the company to Oakes Ames and his brother. Durant continued on the directorate of the Union Pacific and pushed construction of the railroad until it met the Central Pacific Railroad in 1869.

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Estimate
£250 to £350