CIVIL WAR Major Gen. Dix , NY Gov., Senator, RR President Signed 1858 Stock Cert

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CIVIL WAR U.S. Major General Dix – NY Governor, Senator, RR President Stock Signed
JOHN ADAMS DIX (1798-1879)
:
Civil War Major General, arrested the Maryland legislature thus preventing the state from seceding from the Union. 24
th
Governor of New York, 24
th
United States Secretary of the Treasury, U.S. Senator from New York, Adjutant General New York Militia, U.S. Minister to France, President Union Pacific Railroad and Missouri & Missouri RR, etc.
Bold
signature of “
John A. Dix
” as President on “
MISSISSIPPI & MISSOURI RAILROAD CO.”
stock certificate. endorsed to:
Dr. THOMAS CLARK DURANT, M.D. (1820-1885):
Civil War contraband cotton smuggler with the help of General Grenville M. Dodge, Railroad Robber Baron, Credit Mobilier Scandal, built Union Pacific Railroad – First Transcontinental RR – met Central Pacific RR at Promontory Summit in Utah 1869, later opened the Adirondack Wilderness to tourists & wealthy Great Camps.
Ornate black & white issued in 1858. American Indians bottom, railroad bridge center, usual punch canc., (
lightly affects signature
), aging & folds
.
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,
otherwise
…
VERY GOOD
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