Provenance

Presented by Kenneth W. Rendell, 1976; accessioned, 1977.

General physical description

Ca. 145 items.

Early American History Note

This collection contains 121 stock and bond certificates for companies, most of which are railroad companies. The bonds are notable for having engraved depictions of locomotives on them. There is also at least one that is signed by Cornelius Vanderbilt. The majority of the certificates date to the late-nineteenth century.