Jackson Lansing and Saginaw RR Stock issued to Moses Taylor and signed by Cornel for Sale

On eBay Now...

Jackson Lansing and Saginaw RR Stock issued to Moses Taylor and signed by Cornel For Sale

When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

Jackson Lansing and Saginaw RR Stock issued to Moses Taylor and signed by Cornel:
$430.00

A nice uncanceled signature of Cornelius Vanderbilt's is at the back of this beautiful 1882 stock. In addition, it is made out to the Moses Taylor Estate. Printed by American Bank Note Co. Very Rare! This stock has everything, graphics, a great autograph, history, and condition. Exceptional! Cornelius Vanderbilt (1843-1899), Philanthropist, Railroad Financier, Son of William H. Vanderbilt and Grandson of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. He served as President of the New York and Harlem Railroad from 1886 until his death. He was a conscientious worker and a director of many corporations. Moses Taylor (January 11, 1806 " May 23, 1882) was a 19th-century New York merchant and banker and one of the wealthiest men of that century. At his death, his estate was reported to be worth $70 million, or about $1.9 billion in today's dollars. He controlled the National City Bank of New York (later to become Citibank), the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad, and the Moses Taylor & Co. import business, and he held numerous other investments in railroads and industry. Taylor was born on January 11, 1806 to Jacob B. Taylor and Martha (ne Brant) Taylor. His father was a close associate of John Jacob Astor and acted as his agent by purchasing New York real estate while concealing Astor's interest. Astor's relationship with the Taylor family provided Moses with an early advantage. At age 15, Moses Taylor began working at J. D. Brown shippers. He soon moved to a clerk's position in the firm of Gardiner Greene Howland and Samuel Howland's firm G. G. & S. Howland Company of New York, a shipping and import firm that traded with South America. By 1832, at age 26, Moses had sufficient wealth to marry, leave the Howland company, and start his own business as a sugar broker. As such he dealt with slave-owning Cuban sugar growers, found buyers for their product, exchanged currency, and advised and assisted them with their investments. He nurtured relationships with those slave-owners, who relied on him for loans and Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.