A Mortgage Bond from The Erie and Niagara Railway Company

Title

A Mortgage Bond from The Erie and Niagara Railway Company

Creator

The Erie and Niagara Railway Company

Date

15 October 1864

Format

Folded: 40.8 x 32.1cm, Unfolded: 40.8 x 50.8cm

Abstract

This mortgage bond has been engraved on paper with the bond on the top half, and a sheet of coupons on the bottom half. The bond has a red watermark design depicting the value of 200 behind the main body of text in the center. There is a vignette in the center at the top, portraying an illustration of the Niagara waterfalls. The bond has a red embossed foil seal in the bottom left hand corner. The document has been signed near the bottom, andt here is a border around the bond. There is also a sidepiece on the left margin with the image of a lion and a unicorn in the center, where the center has been punched out. On the bottom half, several rows of coupons have been removed. Every coupon has been numbered in red ink, and has a cirlce punched out of it. On the verso side, there is a summarized version of the mortgage bond that has been signed by two trustees, there are sections punched out here as well. A piece of tape has been applied to the verso side to hold coupons in place.

Description

Part Transcription: "Province of Canada. No. [blank]. 200. First Mortgage Bond. The Erie and Niagara Railway Company. The Erie and Niagara Railway Company, a body polite and corporate, duly incorporated under and by the virtue of the Act Cap. LIX.of the Parliament of Canada, passed in the twenty seventh year of Her Majesty's reign, acknowledge to owe and promise to pay to Thomas W. Kennard ... Not valid until the printed certificate on the back hereof is signed by William Alexander Thomson and Adam Crooks Esquires, or by the survivor of them in Trust. [blank] Secretary. [blank] President."

Provenance

Donated by Mr. Seymour Schulich in 2017.

Contributor

Thomas W. Kennard, Engineer in Chief and President. William Alexander Thomson, trustee. Adam Crooks, trustee. Also signed by a Secretary. Sage, Sons & Co., printers.

Language

English

Coverage

Canada

Identifier

101, Bond No. 228

Files

Recto
Verso

Citation

The Erie and Niagara Railway Company, “A Mortgage Bond from The Erie and Niagara Railway Company,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed March 28, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/608.