MARIETTA & CINCINNATI RAIL ROAD CO Stock 1863. Southern Ohio RR. BEAUTY ABNC VIG

Description

Marietta & Cincinnati Rail Road Company. Stock issued March 16, 1863 at Chillicothe, Ohio. Incorporated in 1860 in the State of Ohio
. “Reorganized 1860” printed along right border.
Revenue stamps top left, and bottom left.
Certificate
No. 1233
was issued to
Danforth Cooke & Co. (manufacturers of locomotives)
for seven shares of Second Class Preferred stock ( per share). Company capital was
,000,000
. Hand signed by company president and secretary. Certificate is about 9” x 10.5.” Black print on cream-colored vellum paper.
Beautiful ABNC vignettes with three robed allegorical women – center one is an angel (top), and eagle on crest (bottom).
The Marietta and Cincinnati Rail Road was one of five important east-west railroads of southern Ohio; it was later absorbed by the Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) Railroad. Its original route ran from Marietta through Vincent, Athens, Hamden, Chillicothe, Greenfield, Blanchester, and Loveland, Ohio. It had two main branches: Blanchester to Hillsboro, which was originally part of the Hillsboro and Cincinnati Railroad; and Hamden to Portsmouth, Ohio, originally part of the Scioto and Hocking Valley Railroad. The Marietta and Cincinnati Rail Road was founded as the Belpre and Cincinnati Railroad (B&C) in 1845. The first through-train from Cincinnati, using the tracks of The Little Miami Railroad to reach Loveland, ran on April 9, 1857. The Marietta and Cincinnati Rail Road operated a ferry for the 14 miles downriver from Marietta to Parkersburg, so that travelers and freight could be transferred between it’s trains and the B&O system trains.
Condition:  Very Fine
, several folds, minor creasing, no tears, moderate signs of wear/handling/toning (see photos),
pen
cancelled.
Printer:
American Bank Note Company.
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