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Auction: 312 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 2003

Atlantic & Pacific RR 1871. Central Division. #352. $1000. 6% Land Grant Bond. Brown. Train with mountain peaks in the distance crosses from the West coast to the Mississippi. Signed by Uriel Crocker as president and Oliver Ames as trustee. RN-W2. Henry Seibert. VF. The Atlantic & Pacific Railroad was a consolidation of the South Pacific and the Atlantic and Pacific Railroads. It was the successor to the South-West Branch of the Pacific Railroad of Missouri, which was entitled to over 1,000,000 acres of land by an Act of Congress in 1852. Oliver Ames (1807-1877) was an American manufacturer and railroad executive. With his brother, Oakes Ames, Oliver succeeded his father in a shovel manufacturing business. Oliver became actively involved in the railroad and shipping industries as well. He was the president of the Union Pacific from 1866 to 1871, while his brother Oakes attempted to keep the Credit Moblier scandal from turning into a disaster. Uriel Crocker (1797-1887) was a Boston based publisher and printer. His printing house, Crocker & Brewster, was an important textbook and religious book publisher. He was also an executive and director for many railroads including the Old Colony.

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