American banker, art collector, and philanthropist (1861-1944) whose stock brokerage firm, J. S. Bache & Co., was one of the top brokerage houses in the United States. Partly-printed DS, signed "J. S. Bache," one page, 10.75 x 7, May 5, 1886. Certificate for 100 shares of stock in the Oregon and Transcontinental Company issued to J. S. Bache, signed on the reverse by Bache; the front is signed at the bottom by Elijah Smith as the company's president. The certificate boasts a handsome vignette of Native American Indians observing a train in a valley. In fine condition, with two triangular cancellation holes to the left side.
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