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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Share Certificate Issued to and signed by Henry Algernon du Pont

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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad  Share Certificate Issued to and signed by Henry Algernon du Pont
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Maryland. #B1581, 1899, 3 Shares, issued, cancelled, EF. Henry Algernon du Pont graduated first in his class from West Point, and went on to earn the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Cedar Creek in October 1864. He was elected to the U. S. Senate. du Pont signs on the back of the certificate. After retiring from the Army in 1875, he was president of the Wilmington and Northern Railroad Company for 20 years, until 1899. An active member of the Republican Party, he was elected by the state legislature as a U.S. Senator from Delaware, serving most of two terms (June 13, 1906 to March 4, 1917).