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Jay Gould Signed Missouri, Kansas and Texas 1881 Stock
Jay Gould Signed Missouri, Kansas and Texas 1881 Stock
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Jay Gould Signed Missouri, Kansas and Texas 1881 Stock Certificate

2pp partially printed, measuring 11.5" x 7.75", New York, dated May 4, 1881. A Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad Company stock certificate for 100 shares, No. B15023, printed on cream paper with an intricate green patterned border. Signed "Jay Gould" on verso. Signed on the front by the President and Secretary of the railroad company. The certificate granted 100 shares of the company to Jay Gould, valued at $100 per share. The vignette at the top depicts an agricultural scene. The reverse records that the shares were transferred on May 5, 1881, and a cancellation stamp reads March 24, 1882. With four large, round cancellation punches at the lower margin. One of the punches goes through the end of Gould's signature. With edge toning and soiling.

Jason "Jay" Gould (1836-1892) was an American railroad magnate and one of the "Robber barons" of the Gilded Age. He gained control of the Union Pacific Railroad Company in 1873, following the Panic of 1873. Six years later, he took over three more important railroad companies, including the Missouri Pacific Railroad, for a total control of 15% of the country's railroad tracks. His business practices made his one of the wealthiest men of the time, but also made him highly unpopular and widely seen as one of the greatest villains of the period.

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