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Lot #185
Johns Hopkins Document Signed

Estimate: $100+

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Description

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 3, 1858. Stock certificate for 25 shares in the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-Road Company issued to W. G. Hoffman, 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 to fine condition, with light overall wrinkling and dampstaining, and the usual cancellation holes through Hopkins' signature.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Art and Literature
  • Dates: December 20, 2024 - January 08, 2025





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