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H.k. Porter Largest Locomotive Builder In The Us Signed By Porter & Civil War General Brayton Ives

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H.k. Porter  Largest Locomotive Builder In The Us Signed By Porter & Civil War General Brayton Ives
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1894, Northern Pacific Railway Stock certificate for 100 shares issued to and signed by HENRY KIRK PORTER (1840-1921)U.S. Representative, locomotive manufacturer; one of the founders of the Young Men’s Christian Association in 1860; Served in Massachusetts Volunteer Militia during the Civil War (45th Regiment); served on the United States Christian Commission in 1863; engaged with his father in the manufacture of light locomotives at Pittsburgh, Pa., in May 1866 and became president the of still active H. K. Porter, Inc. The company became the largest producer of industrial locomotives, and built almost eight thousand of them. In 1903 he was elected as an Independent Republican to the 58th Congress. Signed on verso: “H.K. Porter” Signed as President of the NP by BRAYTON IVES (1840-1914): Brigadier General of volunteers in the Union Army. During the Civil War, he earned the rank through his leadership at Reams&#39s Station, Deep Bottom, Five Forks, and Sayler&#39s Creek. Ives was later the president of the New York Stock Exchange and a collector of rare books.. Orange/Black. Punch hole cancellations not affecting Porter’s signature, although it affects Ives. Very Fine.