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#S170,Oregon Steam Navigation Co.Stock 1874 Portland Oregon

#S170,Oregon Steam Navigation Co.Stock 1874 Portland Oregon

$ 133.05

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Modified Item: No
  • Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Condition: see description

    Description

    ungraded, hard to find item. Please check my other rare stocks on ebay at this time, you'll find some rare and obscure ones thx

    "Inc. 1862. No. 3477, issued for one share to the estate of Jay Cooke & Co. on May 15th, 1874. Signed by the president JC Ainsworth, the acting vice-president, and the secretary. Not cancelled. Black border and print, paddle steamboat vignette. Britton & Rey, SF. Folds, creases, wear to edges. 5.5 x 9.5" Ainsworth was the president in 1861 as noted in their charter. They purchased a "first class locomotive" for their railroad in the Cascades. They also ran steamers south of Portland to Salem in 1862. "The self-conceited first mate of the steamer is very abusive." (Weekly Oregon Statesman, Salem) By 1874 they possessed all of the river steamers on the upper and lower Columbia and the Willamette rivers."