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. Partly-printed DS, signed “C. P. Huntington,” 12 x 8, no date. An attractive unissued stock certificate for the Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad Company, signed at the bottom by Huntington. In fine condition, with light pencil stroke through bottom portion of signature. RRAuction COA.