Chauncey Depew signed 1885 $1,000 Railroad Bond - West Shore Railroad Autograph for Sale

Chauncey Depew signed 1885 $1,000 Railroad Bond - West Shore Railroad Autograph For Sale

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Chauncey Depew signed 1885 $1,000 Railroad Bond - West Shore Railroad Autograph :
$135.00

$1,000 4% Bond printed by American Bank Note Company. Portrait and biography included with bond. Signed by Chauncey Depew as president. Chauncey Mitchell Depew (April 23, 1834\" April 5, 1928) was an American attorney, businessman, and Republican politician. He is best remembered for his two terms as United States Senator from New York and for his work for Cornelius Vanderbilt, as an attorney and as president of the New York Central Railroad System. Depew was born on April 23, 1834, to Isaac Depew (1800\"69) and Martha Minot (Mitchell) Depew (1810\"85). In 1866, Depew became the attorney for New York & Harlem Railroad, owned by Cornelius Vanderbilt. Three years later, he took the same position for Vanderbilt\'s New York Central and Hudson River Railroad. Having earned recognition for his work with subsidiary companies, Depew became general counsel and director of the entire \"Vanderbilt System\" in 1876. He joined the executive board of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad in 1882 and became its second vice president. In 1885, Depew was elected the railroad\'s president and served in that capacity until 1898 when he was succeeded by Samuel R. Callaway. Depew then became chairman of board of directors of New York Central Railroad Company until his death in 1928. While Depew was primarily active in the Vanderbilt railroads, he held concurrent positions with many other railroads and companies. He was president of West Shore Railroad and served on the boards of directors for the New York and Harlem Railroad, the Chicago and North Western Railway, the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway, the Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.