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Auction: 21145 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World - e-Auction
Lot: 437

(x) U.S.A.: Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Co., Central Division, Land Grant bond, $1000, 1871, #317, signed by Uriel Crocker as President and Oliver Ames as trustee on reverse, impressed revenue stamp, panoramic vignette of the railway, orange and black. Oliver Ames (1807-1877), manufacturer and Railroad executive, President of the Union Pacific Railroad (1868-71), often associated with his brother, Oakes Ames of Credit Mobilier fame. Uriel Crocker (1796-1887), Boston publisher and Railroad executive, mainly the Old Colony group. Split at fold, VF.

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Estimate
£50 to £60

Starting price
£35