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Partly-printed 4 x 2.5 pass issued by the California & Nevada Stage Co. in 1893, marked as no. "B259," issued to "John I. Blair" as president of the St. Louis & Hannibal Railway Company, and signed in ink by the general manager, "O. H. Pease." Conditions imprinted on the reverse read, in part: "This Pass is Not Transferable, and the person accepting it in consideration thereof, agrees to assume all risk of accidents and damages, whether by negligence of the Company's Agents or otherwise." In fine condition.
John Insley Blair (1802–1899) was an entrepreneur, railroad magnate, philanthropist, and one of the 19th century's wealthiest men: as president of 16 railroad companies, he amassed a fortune estimated at $70 million.
The Western Americana auction of Jochen Zeitz.
