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Auction: 321 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale and Stocks and Bonds of the Americas
Lot: 1208

New York and Harlem Railroad Company (NY), transfer certificate for 1000 shares, 187[4], signed by William H. Vanderbilt, black printing, scrollwork at left, EF

William Henry Vanderbilt (1821-1885) succeeded his father Cornelius, a railroad tycoon, as president of the company in 1877, having been vice president since it's purchase in 1864. The New York and Harlem was merged with the Hudson River Railroad in 1869 to form the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, which later developed into the New York Central Railroad system, over which Vanderbilt had control.

Estimate
$300 to $400