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This stock certificate represents one share of stock (No. 50) in the Saint Joseph and Topeka Railroad Company issued to Sevest Swendson. The certificate indicates it is a temporary issue and that permanent certificates would be issued when the company organized permanently. The certificate is signed by W. Broadus Thompson, president, and Alex A. Jameson, secretary.
Creator: St. Joseph and Topeka Railroad Company
Date: August 4, 1857
Item Number: 90158
Call Number: History Deeds Curios Folder Misc... #575
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90158
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies
Collections - Manuscript - History
Community Life - Town development
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Certificate - Stock
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Other States - Missouri
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Transportation - Railroads - Companies
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/90158