Winter Discovery Auction Nov 14
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/14/2013
$1,000 7% Gold Uncancelled Bond. Signed at front by W. E. Dodge (1805-1883) Merchant, reformer. Organized the YMCA!!! William Earle Dodge, Sr. (September 4, 1805 – February 9, 1883) was a New York businessman, referred to as one of the "Merchant Princes" of Wall Street in the years leading up to the American Civil War. Dodge was also a noted abolitionist, and Native American rights activist and served as the president of the National Temperance Society from 1865 to 1883. Dodge represented New York's 8th congressional district in the United States Congress for a portion of the 39th United States Congress in 1866-1867 and was a founding member of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA).Important!!! Large and attractive
W. E Dodge Signed Houston And Texas Central Railway
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