N.Y. Central R.R. Bond stubs signed by Wm. Schermerhorn and Wm. Jay - Autographe for Sale

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N.Y. Central R.R. Bond stubs signed by Wm. Schermerhorn and Wm. Jay - Autographe For Sale

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N.Y. Central R.R. Bond stubs signed by Wm. Schermerhorn and Wm. Jay - Autographe:
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Stub of Bond for N.Y. Central R.R. Company signed by Wm. Schermerhorn and Wm. Jay. William Colford Schermerhorn (June 22, 1821 \" January 1, 1903) was an American lawyer, philanthropist, and patron of the arts. Schermerhorn was born in New York City on June 22, 1821. He was the son of Peter Schermerhorn (1781\"1852) and Sarah (ne Jones) Schermerhorn (1782\"1845).[2] Among his siblings was older brothers John Jones Schermerhorn (who married a daughter of Mayor Philip Hone), Peter Augustus Schermerhorn (who married Adaline Emily Coster), and Edmund H. H. Schermerhorn. His paternal grandparents were Elizabeth (ne Bussing) Schermerhorn and Peter Schermerhorn, a wealthy New York City merchant and land owner known as \"Peter the Elder\". Among his extended family was uncle Abraham Schermerhorn, the father of Caroline Schermerhorn Astor, who married William Backhouse Astor Jr. and became the leader of \"The Four Hundred.\" On his mother\'s side, he was the grandson of John Jones and Eleanor (ne Colford) Jones of Jones\'s Wood. His maternal uncle, Gen. James I. Jones, married his paternal cousin, Elizabeth Schermerhorn (Abraham\'s daughter and Caroline\'s sister). James and Elizabeth were the parents of Eleanor Colford Jones, who married Augustus Newbold Morris. Schermerhorn was educated in private schools in New York before attending Columbia College, where he graduated with honors in 1840 (alongside Robert Lenox Kennedy and Ogden Hoffman Jr.). Later, in 1860, Columbia awarded him an honorary A.M. degree and he was made a trustee of the college. William Jay (June 16, 1789 \" October 14, 1858) was an American reformer, jurist, and the son of Founding Father and first U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Jay. Jay was born in New York City on June 16, 1789, in between his father\'s terms as United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the administration of George Washington. He was the son of John Jay (1745\"1829) and Sarah Van Burgh (ne Livingston) Jay (1756\"1802). Among his older siblings was Peter Augustus (who served as Recorder of New York City under Richard Riker), Susan, Maria, and Ann Jay. His maternal grandparents were Susannah (ne French) Livingston and William Livingston, an attorney who was a signer of the United States Constitution and later served as the first post-colonial Governor of New Jersey during the American Revolutionary War. His paternal grandparents were Peter Jay, a wealthy trader in furs, wheat, timber, and other commodities, and Mary (ne Van Cortlandt) Jay (daughter of New York mayor Jacobus Van Cortlandt). He graduated from Yale College in 1808. After his graduation, he took up the management of his father\'s large estate in Westchester County, New York, and also studied law at Albany. Poor eyesight soon compelled him to give up the legal profession. He early became interested in various phi Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.