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Auction: 342 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1099

Du Pont Family Stock Certificate Assortment. Wilmington & Northern Railroad 1890, 46 shares, signed by Henry Algernon du Pont, (1838-1926), Army Officer, U.S. Senator, Industrialist and partner in E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. Graduated West Point at the head of his class in 1861. As an artillery commander, he rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in 1864 and received the Congressional Medal of Honor for distinguished services and gallantry at Cedar Creek. IC; International Mercantile Marine (NJ) 1917, 100 shares. Issued to and signed on verso by Irenee du Pont, Industrialist; president of Du Pont from 1919-1926. Pinholes, minor stains, etc., otherwise VF+. Wilmington City Railway 1891, 106 shares. Issued to William du Pont; Similar, issued to Alice du Pont. Also included are certificates issued to, or issued to and signed by Philip du Pont, Ethel du Pont(2), Eugene du Pont, Francis du Pont, Lammot du Pont, Isabella du Pont, Amy du Pont and L' du Pont. In addition, there are printed documents concerning the will of Alfred du Pont, and a Nemours Foundation 1984 report.

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