Northern Pacific Railroad 1884 Stock Cert | Signed by Gen. Brayton Ives

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Northern Pacific Railroad Co Certificate - Signed by General Brayton Ives - 1884

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This rare Northern Pacific Railroad Company stock certificate was signed by General Brayton Ives in 1884. Brayton C. Ives joined the Union Army in 1861 after graduating from Yale. He served under General Custer and Sheridan during the last year of the Civil War and was mustered out of the Army in 1865 as a brevet Brigadier General.

After the War, he began a career on Wall Street and became vice president of the NYSE in 1876 and 1877 and then president in 1878-1879. He retired from Wall Street in 1889 and became president of The Western National Bank in 1890. He became president of The Northern Pacific Railroad from 1893 to 1896. He was a director of The Mercantile Trust Company, The United States Guarantee Company, The New York Stock Exchange Building Company, and chairman of The Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company.

The company was founded by an Act of Congress, signed by President Lincoln in 1864 making it the largest land grant in American history. Much of its route was determined by the Lewis and Clark expedition and was America's second trans-continental railroad.

The vignette features the engraved portrait of Frederick Billings. Frederick Billings was a 49er traveling to California in search of gold. He became one of the wealthiest men in California and reorganized the Northern Pacific Railroad in 1873. Billings, Montana was named after him.

The Northern Pacific Railroad was one of the original members of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Added July 3, 1884.