Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company

Date

1856

Location

Baltimore, Maryland

Amount

$2,000

Signatures

  • E. Pittman J—
  • J.J. Atkinson
  • Johns Hopkins
  • William H. James

Description

This stock certificate (No. 20261) represents 20 shares valued at $100 each for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. This company is the oldest railroad in the United States and was the first to open for full public use.

Notable Bond Imagery

Two vignettes in the top corners each feature a woman dressed in a white dress with a blanket draped over her knees. The left woman is sitting on a bushel of wheat and is holding a hand scythe, and the right woman is sitting on several barrels and boxes holding a rapier-looking rod. The center vignette depicts a train with five cars linked and a bridge and several buildings behind it. This certificate also shows the company’s corporate seal and two stamps denoting cancellation.

This stock certificate (No. 20261) represents 20 shares valued at $100 each for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. Two vignettes in the top corners each feature a woman dressed in a white dress with a blanket draped over her knees. The left woman is sitting on a bushel of wheat and is holding a hand scythe, and the right woman is sitting on several barrels and boxes holding a rapier-looking rod. The center vignette depicts a train with five cars linked and a bridge and several buildings behind it. This certificate also shows the company’s corporate seal and two stamps denoting cancellation (see Translation field for more).
Backside shows legal language and signatures language including spacing for dates, amounts, and signatures
Transcription 
						The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company stock certificate reads:
Number 20261 | Shares 20
Shares One Hundred Dollars Each
One Hundred Dollars a Share
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 
	This is to Certify, that E. Pittman and Jens are entitled to Twenty Shares in the Capital Stock of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, transferable on the Books of the Company on return of this Certificate with an assignment endorsed hereon. Witness the Seal of the Company, attested by the Signature of the Treasurer thereof.
Baltimore 16 June 1856
Signed by the Treasurer J. J. Austin
Signed by the President John H. of KiuS

The stamps that were mentioned in the description read: 
Cancelled
19 Jun 1866
Illegible

Cancelled
19 Jun 1856
Illegible 

The back of this document states:
	For value received, ______ hereby assign the within Stock and Certificate to _____ 	
Witness signed by William H. Jaims and Emma (illegible)

Accession No:

2017.002.063