1857 – A letter from the President of the Pennsylvania Railroad to the British agent for the Illinois Central Railroad regarding the payment of dividends written on an exceptionally rare, illustrated letter stationery illustrated with a map of the system and containing a printed shareholder circular
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 1857. Unbound. This four-page lettersheet measures 19” x 11.5” unfolded. It contains a one-page manuscript letter written by J. Edgar Thomson, the President of the Pennsylvania Railroad, at Philadelphia to William Ferguson, the British agent for the Illinois Central Railroad in New York City. It also includes a...... More