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Auction: 21141 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World e-Auction
Lot: 443

(x) U.S.A.: Morris and Essex Rail Road Company, a receipt for 25 bonds of $1000 each dated 1869, the property of William B Astor and signed by J.J.Astor on his behalf. Folio sheet showing bond numbers 1001-1025, black printing, clear signature. John Jacob Astor III (1822-1890), grandson of John Jacob Astor and son of William Backhouse Astor, lost control of the New York Central system to the Vanderbilts but concentrated on the family's vast land holdings in New York State. EF.

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