American railroad stock and other certificates, 1848-1907.

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American railroad stock and other certificates, 1848-1907.

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The collection contains 140 stock certificates: 92 railroad, 20 stock and bond scrip, 19 bonds, 6 City of Philadelphia bonds, and 3 corporate. One bond is signed by Cornelius Vanderbilt.

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Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1843-1899

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Cornelius Vanderbilt was the favorite grandson of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, who bequeathed him $5 million, and the eldest son of William Henry Vanderbilt (who bequeathed him about $70 million) and Maria Louisa Kissam. In his turn, he succeeded them as the chairman and the president of the New York Central and related railroad lines in 1885. On February 4, 1867, he married Alice Claypoole Gwynne (1845–1934); they had seven children. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage on September 12, 1899, at...