Civil War General John A. Dix Signature, Signed 1857 Mississippi & Missouri RR

Description

This is your chance to own a very historical railroad stock certificate from
the wild west
signed by future Civil War Major General,
John A. Dix, in 1857
. He was also Secretary of the Treasury, US Minister to France, a Senator and Governor of New York.
At the outbreak of the Civil War,
President James Buchanan's Secretary of the Treasury
,
John A. Dix,
telegraphed a famous order to the American cutter
Robert McClelland
in the port of New Orleans on Jan. 29, 1861, less than three months before the start of the American Civil War. His telegram, ordering Treasury agents in New Orleans, stated -
"If anyone attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot"
. . . We need more Americans like him today.
The photos of this exceptional stock certificate ultimately describe the condition of this early wild west RR stock from 1857.
The vignettes are of the time period in the American west where this RR was operating. The paper is crisp, NO tears, minor hard to see folds,
perfect
for framing. The stock measures 7.25" x 10.25" and will be shipped in a wood frame as seen.
*** The photo of him with his signature is NOT included with this auction. You can screen print, crop and print that if you want and include it in the frame with the stock certificate. If you don't have the ability to do that, I can send it with your certificate, let me know.
This historical stock certificate is signed
by A.C. Flagg
as Treasurer
and
John A.Dix
as President.
The
Mississippi and Missouri Railroad is important because of its owner, Thomas C. Durant, one of the men responsible for the U. S.'s first transcontinental railroad.
Durant founded the Mississippi and Missouri in 1853. The railroad was corporately linked to the Rock Island Railroad, which built the first railroad bridge across the Mississippi River in April of 1856.
The Mississippi and Missouri was the first railroad in Iowa and was ostensibly chartered to build a railroad across Iowa from Davenport to Council Bluffs,
and Durant stuffed its boardroom with respected citizens like
DIX
(1798-1879), who had been a
U. S. Senator from New York
(1845-1849) and would be
President James Buchanan's Secretary of the Treasury in 1863,
and
Flagg
(1790-1873), who had been
New York State Secretary of State
(1826-1832) and
comptroller
(1834-1839, 1842-1846). However, construction was slow under Durant's ownership, and the line ultimately terminated in Kellogg, Iowa, 40 miles east of Des Moines, Iowa in 1865, or only halfway across the state.
Durant's main reasons for owning the Mississippi and Missouri were to obtain ownership of the Union Pacific Railroad... not to mention raking in obscene profits. Once he had ownership of the Union Pacific,
Durant announced that the railroad would connect to the Mississippi and Missouri, the first in a series of stock manipulations that netted him and his friends millions.
The Rock Island Railroad bought the Mississippi and Missouri in 1866 and completed the line to Council Bluffs in 1869.
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