Gorgeous stock certificate for eighteen shares in the Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mount Joy and Lancaster Railroad Company, one page, 10.25 x 6.25, December 18, 1857. Issued to Daniel S. White, the certificate boasts a multitude of fabulous vignettes—Ben Franklin, William Penn, a pair of locomotives, allegorical farmers, and bald eagles. It certainly stands as one of the most attractive railroad stocks ever conceived. Nicely double-matted and framed to an overall size of 18.25 x 14. In fine condition.
