American entrepreneur, abolitionist and philanthropist (1795–1873) whose legacy lives on in numerous foundations and institutions, such as Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins University. Partly-printed DS, one page, 10 x 6.25, June 4, 1858. Stock certificate for 125 shares in the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-Road Company issued to B. F. Gardner, signed at the conclusion by Johns Hopkins as the company's president pro tempore. The certificate features a handsome vignette of a locomotive. In very good condition, with light overall wrinkling, moderate dampstaining, a bit of ink erosion, and the usual cancellation holes through Hopkins' signature.
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