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The Commercial
Documents collection includes a large number of illustrated stock certificates,
most issued by railroads and dating from the 1840s into the early 1900s. Many
are engraved with images of early locomotives or other railroad scenes. Most
are blank certificates; few have any indication of ownership. The 2003
addendum includes information about various currencies, including a clipping
about a three dollar bill issued in Iowa City in 1858.
Beech Creek Railroad Company
Beech Creek Clearfield & South Western Railroad Company
Buffalo, Thousand Islands & Portland Railroad Company
Cairo, Vincennes & Chicago Railroad Company
Canadian Southern Railway Company
Carthage & Adirondack Railway Company
Carthage, Watertown & Sackets Harbor Railroad Company
Central Dock & Terminal Railway Company
Central Union Station & Railway Company
Chicago & Canada Southern Railway Company
Chicago, Indiana & Southern Railroad Company
Chicago, Indianapolis & St. Louis Short Line Railway Company
Cincinnati & Indiana Railroad Company
Cincinnati & Southern Ohio River Railway Company
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad
Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis & Chicago Railway Company
Cincinnati, LaFayette & Chicago Railroad Company
Cincinnati, Northern Railroad Company
Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland Railroad Company
Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan Railway Company
Cleveland & Erie Railroad
Cleveland & Toledo Railroad Company
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, & St. Louis Railway Company
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railway Company
Cleveland, Painesville & Ashtabula Railroad Company
Columbus, Hope & Greensburg Railroad Company
Columbus, Springfield & Cincinnati Railroad Company
Detroit, Delray & Dearborne Railroad Company
Detroit, Monroe, & Toledo Railroad Company
Dolgeville & Salisbury Railway Company
Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh Railway Company
Dunkirk, Warren & Pittsburgh Railway Company
Easton Branch Rail Road Corporation
Erie & Northeast Railroad Company
Erie & Ohio Railroad
Fulton Chain Railway Company
Geneva, Coring & Southern Railroad Company
Grand River Valley Railroad Company
Harrison Branch Railroad Company
Hobart Branch Railroad Company
Hooverhurst & Southwestern Railroad Company
Indiana, Illinois, Iowa Railroad Company
Junction Railroad Company
Kanawha & Michigan Railway Company
Kanawha & West Virginia Railroad Company
Lake Erie, Alliance & Wheeling Railroad Company
Lake Shore Railway Company
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Little Falls & Dodgeville Railroad Company
Mahoning Coal & Railroad Company
McKeesport & Belle Vernon Railroad Company
Michigan Central Railroad Company
Michigan Midland & Canada Railroad Company
Michigan Southern Railroad Company
New Jersey Junction Railroad Company
New York & Northern Railway Company
New York & Ottawa Railroad Company
Niagara Falls Branch Railroad Company
Northern Indiana Railroad Company
Ontario Pacific Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company (Northern Liberties)
Peoria & Eastern Railroad Company
Pine Creek Railway Company
Pittsburgh & Connellsville Railroad Company
Pittsfield & North Adams Railroad
Plymouth, Kankakee & Pacific Railroad Company
Rome, Watertown, Ogdensburg Railroad Company
Roselle & South Plainfield Railway Company
St. Joseph, South Bend, & Southern Railroad Company
St. Lawrence & Adirondack Railway Company
Schoolcraft & Three River Railroad Company
Scranton & Northeastern Railroad Company
Streator & Clinton Railroad Company
Susquehana & Clearfield Railroad Company
Swan Creek Railway Company, Toledo, Ohio
Syracuse, Chewango & New York Railroad Company
Syracuse, Geneva & Corning Railway Company
Syracuse, Ontario, New York Railway Company
Syracuse & Utica Railroad Company
Toledo & Ohio Central Railway Company
United Railways Terminal Company
Utica & Schenectady Railroad Company
Wallkill Valley Railroad Company
Ware River Railroad Company
White Water Railroad Company
Box 1
FOLDER 1
1. Acceptance Banking Corporation, stock certificate, 1931
2. Adelphia Bank & Trust Company, stock certificate, 1929
3. Bay Ridge Company, stock certificate, n.d.
4. Beech Creek Railroad Company, stock certificate, n.d.
5. Beech Creek, Clearfield & Southwestern Railroad Company, stock certificate, n.d.
6. Buffalo Thousand Islands & Portland Railroad Company, stock certificate, c. 1890
7. Cairo, Vincennes & Chicago Railroad Company, stock certificate, c. 1880
8. Canadian Southern Railway Company, second mortgage bonds, (5) c. 1870
9. Carthage & Adirondack Railway Company, stock certificate, n.d.
10. Carthage, Watertown & Sackets Harbor Railroad Company, stock certificate, c. 1890
11. Central Dock & Terminal Railway Company, stock certificate, 1890
12. Central Union Station Railway Company, stock certificate, n.d.
13. Chicago & Canada Southern Railway Company, stock certificate, n.d.
14. Chicago, Indiana, & Southern Railroad Company, stock certificate (2), c. 1900
15. Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis Short Line Railway Company, stock certificate, c. 1900
16. Cia Mexicana De Petroleo La Esperanza, S.A., stock certificate, 1914
17. Cincinnati & Indiana Railroad Co., stock certificate, n.d.
18. Cincinnati & Southern Ohio River Railway Co., stock certificate, 1880
19. Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad, stock certificate (2), and bond certificate (3), c. 1860
20. Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis, & Chicago Railroad Company, stock certificate (5), n.d.
21. Cincinnati, LaFayette & Chicago Railroad Co., stock certificate (2), c. 1870
22. Cincinnati Northern Railroad Co., stock certificate (2), n.d.
23. Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland Railroad Company, stock certificate (5), n.d.
24. Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan Railway Company, stock certificate, n.d.
25. Cleveland & Erie Railroad, stock certificate (3), n.d.
26. Cleveland & Toledo Railroad Company, stock certificate (6), 1850, 1854, and 1860
27. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company, gold bond (3), c. 1900
28. Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railroad Company, stock certificate (4), c. 1880
29. Cleveland, Painesville & Ashtabula Railroad Company, mortgage bond (3), 1850 and stock certificate (3), c. 1860
30. Columbus, Hope & Greensburg Railroad, stock certificate, 1880
31. Columbus, Springfield, Cincinnati Railroad Company, stock certificate (2), n.d.
32. Cornwall Bridge Company, stock certificate, c. 1890
33. D. M. Osborne & Company, stock certificate (2), n.d.
34. Detroit, Delray & Dearborne Railroad Company, stock certificate, c. 1900
35. Detroit, Monroe, Toledo Railroad Company, stock certificate (3), 1850
36. District of West Philadelphia, stock certificate, 1853
37. Dolgeville & Salisbury Railway Company, stock certificate, n.d.
38. Dunkirk Allegheny Valley Pittsburgh Railroad Company, stock certificate, 1870
39. Dunkirk Warren & Pittsburgh Railway Company, stock certificate, n.d.
40. Erie & North East Railroad Company, stock certificate (2), c. 1850
41. Erie & Ohio Railroad, stock certificate (2), n.d.
42. Fame Mutual Insurance Company, stock certificate, 1856
43. Fulton Chain Railway Company, stock certificate, c. 1900
44. Geneva, Corning & Southern Railroad Company, stock certificate (4), n.d.
45. Gosudarstvennii, 500 ruble note [?]
46. Grand River Valley Railroad Company, stock certificate, n.d.
47. Harrison Branch Railroad Company, stock certificate (2), n.d.
48. Holbart Branch Railroad Company, stock certificate, c. 1880
49. Hooverhurst & South Western Railroad Company, stock certificate, c. 1900
50. Illiana Coal Company, stock certificate, n.d. (3)
51. Indiana, Illinois & Iowa Railroad Company, stock certificate (2), c. 1890 -- 1900 & mortgage gold bond (1), n.d.
52. Iron City Land Company, stock certificate, 1871
53. Junction Railroad Company, stock certificate, c. 1870
54. Kanawha & Michigan Railroad Company, stock certificate (3), n.d.
55. Kanawha & West Virginia Railroad Company, stock certificate, n.d.
56. Keystone Cooperative Banking Association, stock certificate, 1929
FOLDER 2
57. Lake Erie, Alliance & Wheeling Railroad Company, stock certificate, n.d.
58. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company, gold bond certificate (7), n.d.
59. Lake Shore Railway Company, stock certificate, (2) n.d.
60. Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, stock certificate, 1890
61. Lewiston Suspension Bridge Company, stock certificate, n.d.
62. Little Falls & Dodgeville Railroad company, stock certificate (2), c. 1900
63. Louisville, Jeffersonville Bridge Company, stock certificate (3), n.d.
64. Mahoning Coal Railroad Company, stock certificate (2), n.d.
65. Meadow Brook Crushed Stone Company, stock certificate (2), n.d.
66. McKeesport & Belle Vernon Railroad Company, stock certificate, 1880
67. Merchants Dispatch Transportation Company, stock certificate, 1871
68. Michigan Central Railroad Company, goals bond (11), mortgage certificate (5), n.d.
69. Michigan Midland & Canada Railroad Company, stock certificate, n.d.
70. Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana, stock certificate (4), 1850
71. Mt. Holly, Lumberton & Medford Turnpike Company, stock certificate, n.d.
72. National Bank of Wilmington & Brandywine, stock certificate, 1880
73. National Stockyard Company, stock certificate (2), n.d.
74. New Jersey Junction Railroad Company, stock certificate, n.d.
75. New York & Northern Railway Company, stock certificate (7), c. 1880
76. New York & Ottawa Railroad Company, stock certificate, n.d.
77. Niagara Falls Branch Railroad Company, stock certificate, n.d.
78. Northern Indiana Railroad Company, stock certificate (3), 1850
79. Northern Liberties Railroad, loan bond, 1851
80. Northern Refrigeration Car Company, stock certificate, n.d.
81. Northern Refrigerator Line, Inc., stock certificate, n.d.
82. North River Construction Company, stock certificate, 1888
83. Ontario Pacific Railway Company, stock certificate, 1880
84. Owego Water Works, stock certificate, 1883
85. Peoria Eastern Railway Company, stock certificate (2), 1890
86. Phelps Motor Car Corporation, stock certificate, n.d.
87. Philadelphia, City of, bond (3), 1856, 1870, 1891
88. Philadelphia County Loan, bond, 1837
89. Pine Creek Railway Company, stock certificate, n.d.
90. Pittsburgh & Connellsville Railroad Company, mortgage certificate, 1858
91. Pittsfield & North Adams Railroad, stock certificate, n.d.
92. Plymouth, Kankakee & Pacific Railroad Company, mortgage bond, n.d.
93. Richmond, District of, bond, 1847
94. Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg Railroad Company, stock certificate (2), n.d.
95. Roselle & South Plainfield Railway Company, stock certificate, n.d.
96. St. Joseph, South Bend & Southern Railroad Company, stock certificate, 1901
97. St. Lawrence & Adirondack Railway Company, stock certificate (3), n.d.
98. Schoolcraft & Three Rivers Railroad Company, stock certificate (2), n.d.
99. Scranton & Northeastern Railroad Company, stock certificate, 1800
100. Streator & Clinton Railroad Company, stock certificate, n.d.
101. Susquehanna & Clearfield Railroad Company, stock certificate, 1880
102. Swan Creek Railway Company, stock certificate, n.d.
103. Syracuse, Chewango & New York Railroad Company, stock certificate (2), n.d.
104. Syracuse, Geneva & Corning Railway Company, stock certificate, n.d.
105. Syracuse, Ontario & New York Railway Company, stock certificate, 1880
106. Syracuse & Utica Railroad Company, stock certificate (2), n.d.
107. Toledo & Ohio Central, stock certificate (2), n.d.
108. Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Navigation Company, stock certificate, n.d.
109. Utica & Schenectady Railroad Company, stock certificate (4), 1840 -- 1850
110. Wallkill Valley Railroad Company, stock certificate (2), n.d.
111. Ware River Railroad Company, stock certificate, n.d.
112. West Branch Coal Company, stock certificate, n.d.
113. West Philadelphia Water Works, bond, 1853
114. West Shore & Ontario Terminal Company, stock certificate (2), 1880
115. Western Transit Company, stock certificate, 1880
116. Whitewater Railroad Company, stock certificate, 1890
Clippings
"Three-Dollar Bills -- Iowa City Issued them in 1858." Iowa City Press Citizen, 26 April 1961.
"Fred Marckhoff Prepares Study on Nebraska Notes." Coin World, 25 May, 1962.
Weissbuch, Ted. "'Florence Money': A Case Study in Wildcat Banking." Numismatic Scrapbook, September, 1962.
Currencies
Bank of Florence (Nebraska). 1,2,3, and 5 dollars
Central Bank of Bolivia, 1000 Bolivianos, 1945.
Confederate States of America, 5 Dollars, 1864 (reprinted reproduction 1954).
Hungarian Fund, 1 dollar, 1852.
Hungarian (?) Certificates, 1, 2, 5 Forint. ca. 1800's. (reproductions)
Stock Certificate
Easton Branch Rail Road Corporation, stock certificate, 1855
Box 22007 Addendum
Ledger book with stock and bonds
Atchison Union Depot and Ry. Co.
Apishapa Coal Mining Co.
Burlington Cedar Rapids and Not. Ry. Co.
Chicago and Southwestern Ry.
Chicago Kansas & Nebraska Ry. Co.
Colorado Fuel Co.
Chicago Rock Island and Pacific
Chicago Union Transfer Co.
Central Trust Co. of New York
Des Moines and Fort Dodge Ry. Co.
El Reno Storage and Compress Co.
Gowrie Northwestern Ry. Co.
Kankakee & Seneca RR. Co.
Keokuk and Des Moines Ry. Co.
Kansas City & Topeka Ry. Co.
Kansas City Times Newspaper
Keokuk Union Depot
Kansas City Northwestern Ry. Co.
Leavenworth Depot and Ry.Co.
Minneapolis & Des Moines Ry. Co.
Pueblo Union Depot RR Co.
Rock Island & Peoria Ry. Co.
St. Joseph Stock Yard Co.
St. Joseph Union Depot Co.
St. Joseph & Iowa RR Co.
Union Elevator Co. Council Bluffs
Union Stock Yards Co., Topeka
United States Trust Co. New York
Union Pacific Ry. Co.
United States Bonds
Wisconsin Minnesota & Pacific Ry.Co.
Western Coal Mining Co.
