One among scores of gold-seeking ‘forty-niners,’ Huntington eventually became a member of the ‘Big Four’ who organized the Central Pacific Railroad in 1861. DS, signed “C. P. Huntington,” one page, 11 x 15, January 14, 1889. Stock certificate for 1,000 shares of the Newport News and Mississippi Valley Company, signed at the bottom by Huntington as the company’s president. Bottom half of the certificate bears a complete sheet of 20 dividend coupons. Double-matted and framed with an engraved portrait to an overall size of 24 x 22. In fine condition, with expected document wear. Oversized. RR Auction COA.
