Lot 2259
1890 Newport News and Mississippi Valley Company Stock, Signed By Collis P. Huntington (1) 1890, 100 Shares, of above company. Extra Fine with all dividend coupons still attached. Attractive vignette of a federal eagle, with background of ships, a train, and a farmer and horses plowing.
Collis P(orter) Huntington (1821-1900) was a railway pioneer, born in Harwinton, CT. As equipment supplier during the Californian gold rush, he became involved in the construction of the Central Pacific Railway (completed, 1869), as well as the Southern Pacific (1881), of which he became president. His nephew, Henry Edwards Huntington (1850-1927), also a railroad executive, acquired an immense art collection and library, which he presented to the nation in 1922, together with his estate at Pasadena, California.
Estimated Value $200-UP.
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