Western North Carolina Rail Road Co. - Signed by Samuel McDowell Tate and Henry for Sale

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Western North Carolina Rail Road Co. - Signed by Samuel McDowell Tate and Henry For Sale

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Western North Carolina Rail Road Co. - Signed by Samuel McDowell Tate and Henry :
$594.00

$100 8% Bond printed by National Bank Note Co., New York. Samuel McDowell Tate signs as president and Henry Clews signs on back as trustee. Important! Rare! Mentions Salisbury, North Carolina. Henry Clews (August 14, 1834 " January 31, 1923) was a British-American financier and author.During the Civil War his firm, later Henry Clews & Co., ranked second to Jay Cooke & Co. in amount of government bonds sold. Clews was born on August 14, 1834, in Staffordshire, England. He was the youngest of four sons born to Elizabeth "Bessie" (ne Kendrick) Clews and James Clews, a prosperous manufacturer of Staffordshire ware. At age 14, while in training for the Anglican Church, Clews traveled to New York City, where he "began to perceive the possibilities that presented themselves to a young man." Shortly thereafter, Clews emigrated to the United States in 1853. His first job was at a pottery import business, working as a junior clerk for Wilson G. Hunt & Company. He organized the firm of Stout, Clews & Mason and eventually brought his brother James Clews over from England to help him manage a branch of the brokerage firm. In 1859, he co-founded Livermore, Clews, and Company, what was then the second largest marketer of federal bonds during the United States Civil War. Read more at Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.