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Auction: 316 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 640

Southern Trans-Continental RR / Memphis, El Paso & Pacific RR 1868. Construction "A" Series Certificate. The Memphis, El Paso & Pacific Railroad acknowledges itself in debt to John C. Freemont for 50 acres of agricultural land or $1,000 bond. Signed on the verso by John C. Freemont. In virtually New condition. IU. John C. Freemont was an American explorer, soldier and political leader. In 1841 Fremont surveyed the lower course of the Des Moines River. That same year he married the daughter of Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri, and through his influence went on to explore much of the territory between the Mississippi Valley and the Pacific Ocean. Much of the land he explored later became part of the United States. His opposition to slavery, the successes, hardships and dangers of his exploring expeditions, and his part in the conquest of California led to his nomination for the presidency in 1856 by the Republicans, but he was defeated.

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