Partly-printed DS, signed "C. Vanderbilt" and "W. H. Vanderbilt," one page, 11 x 6.5, June 10, 1873. Stock certificate issued to Saxton & Rogers for 100 shares in the New York and Harlem Rail Road Company, signed at the conclusion by William Henry Vanderbilt as the company's president, and countersigned by Cornelius Vanderbilt II as treasurer. In fine condition, with the usual cancellation holes touching the signature.
William H. Vanderbilt (1821-1885) was an American railroad executive and philanthropist who was heir to the fortune of his father, Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. William's son, Cornelius Vanderbilt II (1843-1899), succeeded his father and grandfather as head of the New York Central Railroad.
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