Manuscripts

Hungarian Fund Bond Certificate

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Description: This bond certificate was printed as a part of a fund raising effort for Hungarian independence during Lajos Kossuth's tour of the United States in 1852. This bond was engraved by Danforth Bald & Company of New York and Philadelphia. It is for $1.00. With the engraved signature of Lajos Kossuth.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1852, February 2.
Call number: mssHM 82546
Provenance: Purchased from Cowan's Auctions, Lot 372, from timed auction ending October 26, 2015.
Dimensions: 10 x 20 cm
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Railroad Stock and Bond Certificates, A-C by company

Visual Materials

This collection consists of more than 1,100 railroad stock and bond certificates primarily issued by American railroad companies to individuals in the 19th and 20th centuries. The decorative details of specific documents vary across the collection, though many items contain engraved and lithographed designs and images. Visual decorations include ornate patterned borders, embossed corporate and gold seals, logos, and vignettes primarily depicting railroad locomotives and trains, as well as landscapes and views of the American frontier, eagles, Columbia, Native Americans, farmers, miners, political surveyors, wheat bundles, and portraits of political figures and railroad company executives. The certificates range in size from approximately 6 x 7 inches to 28 x 17 inches and some of the bonds still have coupons attached. Most of the printed certificates have been filled in by hand with the shareholder or bondholder's name, shares or bond information, and authorizing signatures of company executives, though some are unissued and blank.

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