Description: John Jacob Astor (1822-1890) Capitalist, Grandson of John Jacob Astor (1763-1848), son of William Backhouse Astor. This important John Jacob administered the family estate and expanded the facilities of the Astor Library. He signs for his father Wm. B. Astor on an 1869 Receipt Sheet of many $1,000 Convertible Bonds of the Morris & Essex Railroad. Signed by John Jacob Astor. Especially nice signature. Includes a nice portrait of Wm. B. Astor. Excellent Condition. Extremely Rare! The Morris and Essex Railroad was a railroad across northern New Jersey, later part of the main line of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. The M&E was incorporated January 29, 1835, to build a line from Newark in Essex County west to and beyond Morristown in Morris County. The first section, from Newark west to Orange, opened on November 19, 1836. Under an agreement signed on October 21, the New Jersey Rail Road provided connecting service from Newark east to Jersey City via the Bergen Hill Cut. The original connection between the two lines was in downtown Newark; the M&E turned south on Broad Street to meet a branch of the NJRR at Market Street. Service to Paulus Hook in what is today Jersey City commenced on October 14, 1836 and passengers could transfer to the Jersey City Ferry and cross to lower Manhattan at the nearby ferry slips. On January 1, 1838, the M&E was extended their route to Morristown. On October 29 of that year, an agreement was signed to move the NJRR connection to the foot of Centre Street (via the northeast side of Park Place, to t Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.
Price: 723 USD
Location: Portsmouth, New Hampshire
End Time: 2024-12-27T21:04:28.000Z
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