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Auction: 313 - Numismatic Collector's Series - Ft. Worth, TX
Lot: 1723

Staten Island R-R Co, $50 shs, 1864, issued to and signed as president and on verso by Jacob H Vanderbilt, passing train, steamboat "Richmond," black, capitalization raised to $800,000 with handstamp and pen, R44 left, uncanceled, VF+. Jacob H Vanderbilt´s (1807-93) successful career in shipping and finance was eclipsed by that of his older brother, Cornelius; indeed, Cornelius was known as "the Commodore" and Jacob as "the Captain."

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