American Historical Ephemera & Photography

Nineteen (19) Stock Certificates: United Cigar – Whelan Stores Corporation, 100 shares, Jan. 4, 1945; Erie Railroad Company, 100 shares, Mar. 31, 1947; New York Central Railroad Company, 100 shares, Dec. 30, 1959; General Motors Corporation, 15 shares, Apr. 3, 1962; GM, 16 shares, Apr. 12, 1961; Erie-Lackawanna Railroad Company, 10 shares, Nov. 9, 1962; Eversharp, Inc., 100 shares, Sept. 26, 1967; Pan American World Airways, Inc., 100 shares, Apr28, 1975; eight (8) Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, 10 shares, Aug. 1, 1928; Baltimore and Ohio Rail-Road Company certificates: 6 shares, May 3, 1865; 25 shares, Dec. 19, 1856; 56 shares, Dec. 19, 1856; 5 shares, Dec. 19, 1856; 25 shares, Jan. 4, 1860; 100 shares, Jan. 5, 1860; 50 shares, Dec. 19, 1856; 53 shares, Jan 5, 1860; and “Certificate for Baltimore and Ohio Car Trust Bond for $1000,” Feb. 9. 1887. Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company, 60 shares preferred stock, July 20, 1874. Central Ohio Railroad Company, 50 shares at $50 each, Zanesville, 17 Nov. 1869.

[With:] Promissory note for $110. Signed Abby Scott, 18 June 1886. Approx. 5 x 8 in.

Invitation to the Diamond Jubilee Banquet to Stockholders of the Marion County Bank Company, Marion, Ohio, 3 July 1913. 6 x 6.75 in.

Receipts and bills: bill for 5 issues of a newspaper, 28 Sept. 1801; pay order for $27.00, Newburyport, 3 July 1809; pay order for $5.80, Newburyport, 7 Aug. 1809; receipt for 6 barrels whiskey, 12 Sept. 1832; and receipt for 8 barrels of whiskey, Feb. 23, 1833, both whiskey orders for B.B. Hyde.

Four souvenir copies of $3 bill, Republic of Texas, 17 April 1840. Printed in green ink, 3.25 x 7.25 in. 

Bill from R.N. Wagner, Grantville, PA. “Dealer in Stoves, Heaters, Ranges, Tinware &c…” Approx. 7 x 8.5 in. Nice graphic of a cast iron stove

Periodical, The Option Trader, February-March, 1931. 8.5 x 14 in. ink paper, 4pp. With headline “New York Market Roars Ahead to Set New Records for 1931.” In the midst of waves of financial panic…

ALS, Boston, Sept 9, 1842. Letter to William Drew regarding an unpaid purchase from a year before, from his tailor, W. Richardson.

ALS, Beavertown, Oct 9, 1846. David Benjamin to Thomas Williams thanking him for his offer of assistance. 2pp. (separated into many small sections, but all parts seem to be present)

Certificate from Am. Board of Coms. For Foreign Missions, approx. 4 x 6 in. (sight), certifying that Anna Work has contributed one share of stock for the Missionary Packet Morning Star. Boston, 1856. Framed.