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Michigan Central Railroad Co. signed by Eliza O. Webb - $5,000 Bond - Autographe

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Seller: labarre_galleries ✉️ (2,223) 100%, Location: Portsmouth, New Hampshire, US, Ships to: WORLDWIDE & many other countries, Item: 184061386130 Michigan Central Railroad Co. signed by Eliza O. Webb - $5,000 Bond - Autographe. $5,000 5% Bond printed by American Bank Note Co., New York issued to Eliza O. Webb, daughter of Wm. H. Vanderbilt, wife of Wm. S. Webb and signed at back. Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt was born in 1860. She was the youngest daughter and seventh child of William Henry Vanderbilt (1821"1885) and Maria Louisa Kissam Vanderbilt. Her grandfather was Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794"1877). Her siblings were Cornelius Vanderbilt II (1843"1899), Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt Shepard (1843"1924), William Kissam Vanderbilt (1849"1920), Frederick William Vanderbilt (1856"1938), Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly (1854"1952), Emily Thorn Vanderbilt (1852"1946) and George Washington Vanderbilt II (1862"1914).[2] She attended Miss Porters School in Farmington, Connecticut. With her US$10 million inheritance, Vanderbilt bought and developed Shelburne Farms in Shelburne, Vermont in 1899. She planned meals, hired servants, hosted guests, and took care of the interior decorating and garden design. She entertained at Shelburne Farms until her death in 1936.During his 1909 visit to Shelburne Farms, President William Howard Taft said her husband was absent because he was drunk. In April 1923, Vanderbilt built a house on Dunbar Road in Palm Beach, Florida. Later, she built another house in Gulf Stream, Florida. In 1881, Vanderbilt married William Seward Webb (1851"1926), and they had four children: Frederica Vanderbilt Webb, James Watson Webb, Sr., William Seward Webb, Jr. (1884"1960), and Vanderbilt Webb. She enjoyed playing golf, contract bridge, gardening, traveling and reading. She was one of the first female members of the Everglades Club in Palm Beach, Florida. Vanderbilt died in 1936. The Michigan Central Railroad (reporting mark MC) was originally incorporated in 1846 to establish rail service between Detroit, Michigan, and St. Joseph, Michigan. The railroad later operated in the states of Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois in the United States and the province of Ontario in Canada. After about 1867 the railroad was controlled by the New York Central Railroad, which later became part of Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.
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