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Auction: 317 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 1079

Post-Civil War: Mahone, William (1826-1895). Civil engineer - builder of Virginia's roads and railroads during the antebellum period, Major-General in the CSA known for turning the tide of the Battle of the Crater against the Union during the Siege of Petersburg in 1864, railroad executive, Virginia Senator (1881-1887). Autograph Document Signed "William Mahone". Hand-written Bond Certificate on lined paper, 8 ¼ x 10 ¾". Three and a half years interest due on 145 shares "of the Preferred Stock of the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad Company at the rate of six percent, the property of Bolling W. Haxall Esq., from the first day of January 1867 to the first day of July 1870, in round numbers, the sum of Three Thousand Dollars…" Haxall was one of Richmond's most prominent businessmen, owner of the famous Haxall Flour Mills D.H. Miller deposit stamp in margin, notary stamp at bottom with rectangular punch-outs, small rectangular punch at top. Fine. Accompanied by an illustration of Mahone by Charles B. Hall. [2]

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