The International and Great Northern Railroad Company

Date

1874

Location

Texas

Amount

$10,000

Signatures

  • J.C. Clark
  • Jacob S. Wetmore
  • William M. Rice

Description

This stock certificate (No. 167) represents 100 shares valued at $100 each for the International and Great Northern Railroad Company. This bond is signed by William M. Rice, the founder of Rice University.

Notable Bond Imagery

Two men ride horses, one white and one black, and drive a herd of cattle with a mountain range covered with snow in the background. At the bottom left corner is the company’s corporate seal, which states the name of the company, as well as that it was established Texas with a rope circling the words.

Certificate with black and green ink shows intricate bordering, lettering, a company seal, signatures and a vignette of men on horses with cattle
Backside shows legal language with dates, amounts, signatures, and a purple stamp
Transcription
						The International and Great Northern Railroad Company stock certificate reads:
United States, State of Texas
Number 167 | 100 Shares
Shares $100 Each
	It is hereby Certified that William M. Rice is the owner of One Hundred Shares in the Capital Stock of the International and Great Northern Railroad Company. A Corporation existing under and by virtue of the Laws of the State of Texas. This Certificate is transferable by assignment in writing by the owner or Attorney on the Books of the Company at its office in the City of New York, or at any Transfer Agency established by the Company, only on the surrender of this Certificate.
	In Witness Whereof the said Company have caused this Certificate to be signed by its President and Treasurer with the Seal of the Company affixed. Dated at the City of Houston, Texas, this sixteenth day of December A.D. 1874
Signed by the Treasurer Jacob G. Wetnere
Signed by the President (illegible)

Over the main body of text is a stamp that reads: 
Cancelled. Jan 23 1880. Issued Certif No. 

The back side of this stock certificate states
	For Value Received, ___ the undersigned hereby assign and transfer unto Subject to the Order of the Purchasing Committee shares of the Capital Stock of the International and Great Northern Railroad Company, and constitute and appoint _____ true and lawful attorney, irrevocable, for and in _____ name and _____ behalf to make and execute all necessary acts of assignment and transfer required by the regulations and by-laws of said Company, and one or more persons to substitute with like full power, hereby ratifying and confirming all that ____ said attorney or _____ substitute or substitutes shall lawfully do by virtue hereof. 
	In Witness Whereof, _____ have hereunto set ___ hand this ___day of ___ 18__ 
Signed by W. M. Rice
Signed in Presence of D. J. Kerr and J. C. Clark					

Accession No:

2017.002.050