Colonel McComb Signed Stock 1862 Credit Mobilier

Colonel McComb Signed Stock 1862 Credit Mobilier

Start price	19.99 USD
Current price	19.99 USD
Start time	06/22/2008
End time	06/29/2008
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A stock certificate dated 1862 from the Delaware Rail Road Company. Issued to and signed by H.S. McComb. Certficiate is printed in all blue and features a vignette of a trainpassing mine prospectors. Certificate has been folded. Henry Simpson McComb, a self-made man from Wilmington, Delaware, was the son of a blacksmith. With a minimum of formal schooling, he would become a Union Colonel of the Fifth Delaware Regiment during the Civil War. After the war, McComb became interested in railroads. By 1868 he had quickly worked his way to the presidency of the Mississippi Central Railroad. When he took over the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad, he decided to move the shops to a more isolated area away from moral temptations and the high cost of living. He selected the present-day McComb, Mississippi. On April 5, 1872, McComb was chartered as an incorporated city. The colonel offered building lots in the new city at low prices on easy credit and urged his employees with families to build their homes there. He was One of original Union Pacific directors. Involved in early Credit Mobilier contracting, but eventually exposed Oakes Ames for improprieties culminating in the Credit Mobilier scandal Buyer agrees to prepay and pay $5.45 priority shipping w/confirmation. (oversees buyers slightly more) or $1.75 first class mail. I will combine shipments if succesful on more than one item. NJ residents add 6% sales tax. I do accept PAYPAL. Please see my other auctions. setTimeout("document.images.eBayBig.style.display='none'",300);