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Hudson & Berkshire Rail-road Company Bond Signed By Millard Fillmore

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Hudson & Berkshire Rail-road Company Bond Signed By Millard Fillmore
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1848. New York. $1,000 bond bearing 7% interest. Black. Signed as comptroller of the State of New York by MILLARD FILLMORE MILLARD FILLMORE, MONTHS BEFORE BEING ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT, SIGNS A HUDSON AND BERKSHIRE RAILROAD COMPANY BOND AS NEW YORK STATE COMPTROLLER MILLARD FILLMORE (1800-1874). Thirteenth President. DS. 1pp. 14” x 14 1/2”. Hudson [New York]. September 15, 1848. A “Hudson & Berkshire Rail-Road Co.” bond signed “Millard Fillmore” as the New York State Comptroller. The one thousand-dollar bond has thirty-one coupons for thirty-five dollars remaining attached, although four coupons have been removed. The bond states in part: “…the Hudson and Berkshire Rail-Road Company, Acknowledges themselves indebted to the Comptroller of the State of New York, for the use of the holder of this Bond, in the sum of One Thousand Dollars…they promise to pay at the Mechanics’ Bank, in the City of New York…with interest at the rate of seven percent per annum…&#34 The bond, printed on paper with elaborate border engravings, is in fine condition. There are four punch holes through Fillmore’s dark signature.