Archives International Auctions Auction 90 December 18, 2023

Archives International Auctions - Sale 90 101 December 18, 2023 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Massachusetts 484 484 Central Massachusetts Railroad Co., 1895 Specimen Bond. Massachusetts, $1000 Specimen 5% Coupon Bond. Black on green border and under print, Locomotive R-L passing countryside, VF condition, POC’s, Listed railroad, Unlisted and previously unrecorded bond in Cox. 3 found in the ABN archives. ABNC. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $75-120 485 485 Middlesex & Boston Street Railway Co., 1912 Specimen Bond. Massachusetts. $1000, 1st and Refunding Mortgage 4 1/2% Gold Coupon Bond Specimen, Black on green border and under print, interurban street car picking up passengers over title, FLD-ABNC, Unlisted railroad in Cox with no examples known but the name is listed, this is the first example offered out of only 2 found in the archives. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $65-100 Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, & New York 486 486 New York & New England Railway Co., 1882, Quartet of Issued Bonds signed by Union Civil War General James H. Wilson Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, & New York, 1882. $1000 I/C 6% Second Mortgage Coupon Bonds (4), Black on black border with locomotive crossing bridge at top, S/Ns 347, 422, 429, & 499, All bonds have stamp “of the principal of this bond is paid December 1895,” and were signed by General James H. Wilson, VF-XF condition with minor splits at fold lines, ABNC. (4). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. James Harrison Wilson (September 2, 1837 – February 23, 1925) was a United States Army topographic engineer and a Union Army Major General in the American Civil War. He served as an aide to Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan during the Maryland Campaign before joining Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s army in the Western Theater. Wilson ended the war with his men capturing both Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Andersonville Prison commandant Henry Wirz in May 1865. Upon his death in 1925, he was the fourth-to-last living Union Civil War general. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $150-250 Minnesota 487 487 Saint Paul Union Depot Co., 1918 and 1922, Specimen Bond Quintet Minnesota, 1918-22. Lot of 5 Specimen Bonds, Includes: 1918, $100, 5 1/2% Five Year Guaranteed Gold Coupon Bond with Green border; 1918, $5000, 5 1/2% Five Year Guaranteed Gold Coupon Bond with Orange border; 1920, $1000, 7% Guaranteed Gold Coupon Bond with Orange border; 1922, $500 5% First and Refunding Mortgage Gold Coupon Bond with Orange border; and, 1922, $1000 5% First and Refunding Mortgage Gold Coupon Bond with Green border. Bonds all have Specimen overprints and POCs, are in VF-XF condition, and printed by ABNC. All are rare as specimens. (5). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $130-200