Johns Hopkins Document Signed
American entrepreneur, abolitionist and philanthropist (1795–1873) whose legacy lives on in numerous foundations and institutions, such as Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins University. Partly-printed DS, one page, 10 x 6.25, June 3, 1858. Stock certificate for 50 shares in the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-Road Company issued to W. G. Hoffman, signed at the conclusion by Johns Hopkins as the company's president pro tempore. The certificate features a handsome vignette of a locomotive. In very good to fine condition, with light overall wrinkling and dampstaining, and the usual cancellation holes through Hopkins' signature.
American entrepreneur, abolitionist and philanthropist (1795–1873) whose legacy lives on in numerous foundations and institutions, such as Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins University. Partly-printed DS, one page, 10 x 6.25, June 3, 1858. Stock certificate for 50 shares in the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-Road Company issued to W. G. Hoffman, signed at the conclusion by Johns Hopkins as the company's president pro tempore. The certificate features a handsome vignette of a locomotive. In very good to fine condition, with light overall wrinkling and dampstaining, and the usual cancellation holes through Hopkins' signature.
