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“Commodore” Cornelius Vanderbilt

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Books & Manuscripts Start Price:450.00 USD Estimated At:750.00 - 900.00 USD
“Commodore” Cornelius Vanderbilt
Stock certificates from the United States and other countries around the world. Items offered cover a wide variety of collecting topics including automotive, railroads, mining, autographed and much more.
Steamship and railroad promoter; Capitalist. Founder f the family fortune which exists yet today, Vanderbilt stands as one of the greatest American capitalists in Amerian history. Autograph Receipt Signed, “C. Vanderbilt.” One page, 8” x 2 ½”. May 30, 1828. The receipt reads, in part: “Received … 30 May 1828 … one hundred dollars … in full … C. Vanderbilt.”