STOCKS AND BONDS:
An Inventory of Stocks and Bonds at the Minnesota Historical
Society
Manuscripts Collection
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| Title: | Stocks and bonds. |
| Dates: | 1814-1973. |
| Abstract: | Sample stock certificates, bonds, and certificates for
shares issued by companies and municipal entities primarily located in or with
connections to Minnesota. |
| Quantity: | 0.1 cubic feet (2 folders in partial
box). |
| Location: | P1000: See Detailed Description for
additional information. |
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Stocks
and Bonds. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: None; 1752L; 1822; 1936?; 2010; 3071; 3270; 3784; 4134; 4352A;
5365; 6105; 6159; 6894; 7054; 7727; 7977; 8352; 8578; 9624; 9896; 10,130;
11,293; 11,304; 11,425; 15,933; 16,952
Processing Information:
Processed by: Anne Levin, October 2002
Catalog ID number: 990017377680104294
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| Location | Folder |
| P1000 | 1 | Cleveland Joint Stock Company. Stock certificate, June 3, 1857 |
| | | Certificate is blank. The company was incorporated on June 3, 1857. A note on
the certificate says that is was located in Nicollet County. |
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| | Dakota, Town of. Certificates for shares, issued to M. M. Standish, 1859. 3 items. |
| | | The town was located at the mouth of the Cheyenne River, Dakota Territory.
The officers of the townsite company were E. M. Wilson, president; M. M.
Standish, secretary; and Pierre Bottineau, treasurer. |
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| | Hastings and Dakota Railway Company. First mortgage bond, November 1, 1869. |
| | | Illustrated bond, with coupons attached. |
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| | Hennepin County, Minnesota. Bond, February, 1859. |
| | | Unsigned form for a bond issued by Hennepin County to raise money for a
county court house. |
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| | Kandiyohi Town Site Company, Minnesota. Certificate for share,
transferred from Charles Hoag to Amos A. Gregg, November 11, [1852?] |
| | | Part of the document is missing. |
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| | La Croix Mining Company, New York. Stock certificate, issued to
Albert C. Gunnison, January 15, 1883. |
| | | Certificate for 10 shares of stock, signed by A. C. Gunnison, president, and
Edward S. Fargo, secretary. The company was incorporated on January 7,
1881. |
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| | Lake Superior and Mississippi Rail Road Company, St. Paul. Stock
certificate, issued to Horace Saxton, December 13, 1862. |
| | | Illustrated certificate for 10 shares of stock, signed by Lyman Dayton,
president, and Charles Brewster, secretary. |
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| | Maguire Petroleum Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Stock
certificate, March 29, 1864. |
| | | Certificate number 33 for 100 shares of capital stock, issued to James R.
Dickson, signed by James W. Clintock, president, J.H. Martin, treasurer, and
countersigned by William F. Johnson, secretary. |
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| | Milwaukee and Minnesota Rail Road Company, St. Paul. Stock
certificates, issued to A. C. Gunnison, September 3, 1866. 2 items. |
| | | Two illustrated certificates for 50 shares each, signed by H. M. Alexander
[?], president, and N. Murray, assistant secretary. The company was
incorporated in 1859. In 1867 it became the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad
Company. |
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| | Minneapolis, City of. Bond, January 1, 1897. |
| | | Illustrated bond for $1000.00, unsigned, with coupons attached. Issued to
improve the city's water works by building a reservoir, pipe lines, and
filter plant. |
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| | Minneapolis Athenaeum. Certificate for share, issued to B. W.
Kimball, March 2, 1872. |
| | | Certificate for share number 22, signed by Paris Gibson, president. |
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| | Minneapolis Mill Company. Stock certificate, issued to John Nininger, January 7, 1858. |
| | | Certificate for 35 shares of stock, signed by Robert Smith, president, and
Horatio E. Mann, treasurer. The company was incorporated on February 27,
1856. |
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| | Minnesota Land Company, St. Anthony. Bond and share forms, 1859. 2 items. |
| | | Blank forms. Notes by J. B. Chaney on the documents give their date and
identify the company's landholdings as "Meeker Town" and "Lower St.
Anthony." |
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| | Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. Stock certificate, issued to Johnson
Lane Space Smith & Co., Inc., January 30, 1973. |
| | | Certificate for 100 shares of stock in the Montana-Dakota Utilities Co.
Signed by David M. Heskett, president, and B. H. Thompson, treasurer. The
company was incorporated in Delaware in 1924. |
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| | Mount Vernon Association, St. Paul Auxiliary. Certificate for share,
issued to Edna Hillman, May 29, 1891. |
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| | North Butte Mining Company. Stock certificates, 1908. 2 items. |
| | | Certificate for 100 shares of stock, issued to Richard D. Jones, June 5,
1908. Signed by R[?] Duncan, first vice-president, and Frederic R. Kennedy,
secretary. |
| | | Certificate for 10 shares of stock, issued to Wrenn Bros. & Co., July 15,
1908. Signed by Ernest [?] Grochau, third vice-president, and Frederic R.
Kennedy, secretary. |
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| | Northern Minnesota Ore Co. Stock certificates, 1920. 2 items. |
| | | Capitol stock certificates (number 1409 and 1709) issued to Fred E. Smith,
signed by president Charles W. Potts. The company was incorporated in
Minneapolis in 1917 and terminated in 1929. |
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| | Osakis Town Site Company. Certificate for share, issued to P. P.
Putnam, May 18, 1857. Negative photographic copy. |
| | | Certificate for a share in the town of Osakis, Minnesota Territory, situated
on Osakis Lake at the head of the Sauk River Valley. Signed by William
Stargis, president, and S. M. Putnam, secretary. Made from the original
owned by Clyde Long, Alexandria, Minnesota. |
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| Location | Folder |
| P1000 | 2 | Park Range Mining Company, New York. Stock certificate, issued to
Albert C. Gunnison, March 13, 1883. |
| | | Certificate for two shares of stock, signed by A. H. Osborn, vice president,
and Edward S. Taylor, secretary. The company was incorporated on February
28, 1881. |
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| | Pioneer Gold and Silver Mining Company. Stock certificate, issued to
T[homas] J. Lambert, November 12, 1866. |
| | | Signed by T. M. Newson, president, and D. W. Wellman, secretary. The company
was organized during the Minnesota gold rush of 1865-1866. |
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| | Portsmouth Privateering Company, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Receipt
for shares, issued to Ebenezer Lord, November 26, 1814. |
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| | Portsmouth Whaling Company, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Stock
certificate, issued to Ebenezer Lord, June 15, 1832. |
| | | The company was incorporated in June of 1832 with a capital of $100,000.
Ichabod Goodwin was its president. For further information see William G.
Saltonstall, Ports of Piscataqua (Cambridge,
1941), pp. 197-199. |
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| | St. Anthony and North Minneapolis Bridge Company. Stock certificate,
issued to S. Bigelow, September 7, 1860. |
| | | Illustrated certificate for two shares of stock, signed by John Orth,
president, and E [?] Cass, secretary. |
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| | St. Cloud, City of. Bond for the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Company, 1872. |
| | | Illustrated bond for $6500, blank, issued to aid in the construction of the
St. Paul and Pacific Railroad through the city. |
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| | St. Croix Packet Company, Taylor's Falls, Minnesota. Stock
certificate, issued to Ellison & Stannard, June 5, 1875. Positive photographic copy. |
| | | Signed by Smith Ellison, president, and Platt B. Walker, secretary. Made from
the original owned by Loren Warg, Minneapolis, Minnesota. |
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| | St. Paul and White Bear Railroad Company. First mortgage bond, July 1, 1892. |
| | | Bond for $1000, with coupons attached, stamped "Cancelled." |
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| | St. Paul Gas Light Company. Stock certificate, issued to B. Presley, September 1, 1857. |
| | | Illustrated certificate for 10 shares of stock, signed by Alexander Ramsey,
president, and Charles Hoakes, treasurer. Cancelled. |
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| | Thunder Bay Gold and Silver Mining Company, St. Paul. Stock
certificates, issued to Gertrude Benton, January 7, 1895. 2 items. |
| | | Two illustrated certificates for 50 shares each, signed by Armstrong Taylor,
president, and Peter McDonald, secretary. No information was located on the
company. |
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| | Transit Rail Road Company. Stock certificates, issued to M. P.
Bemus, September 21, 1857. 6 items. |
| | | Illustrated certificates for five or ten shares each, signed by H. H.
Johnson, president, and L. Smith, secretary. |
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| | Transit Rail Road Company. First mortgage bonds, issued to William
Windom and J. H. Harmon, October 1, 1858. 2 items. |
| | | Illustrated bonds, with coupons attached, signed by Abner Lewis, president,
and William A. Ernst, secretary. The company was chartered to build a road
from Winona via St. Peter to the Big Sioux River. |
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| | Union Gold and Silver Mining Company. Stock certificate, issued to
T[homas] J. Lambert, November 12, 1866. |
| | | Signed by T. M. Newson, president, and D. W. Wellman, secretary. The company
was organized during the Minnesota gold rush of 1865-1866. |
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| | W.B. Foshay Company, Minneapolis. Stock certificate, issued to Anna
F. Palmatier, July 2, 1928. |
| | | Certificate for five shares of preferred stock. |
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| | Winona and Southwestern Railway Company. First mortgage bonds, April 2, 1888. 2 items. |
| | | Illustrated bonds, one for $1000 and one for $500, with coupons attached.
Signed by Thomas Simpson, secretary. |
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the
Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics,
persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Gold mines and mining -- Minnesota.
- Land companies -- Minnesota.
- Land settlement -- Minnesota.
- Mining corporations.
- Patriotic societies -- Minnesota.
- Privateering.
- Railroads -- Minnesota.
- Stock companies -- United States.
- Transportation.
- Whaling.
- Persons:
- Bottineau, Pierre,
1817-1895.
- Dayton, Lyman, 1810-1895.
- Ellison, Smith, 1823-1899.
- Gibson, Paris, 1830-1920.
- Goodwin, Ichabod,
1794-1882.
- Gregg, Amos A.
- Gunnison, Albert C.
- Hoag, Charles, 1808-1888.
- Johnson, Harvey Hull,
1808-1896.
- Kimball, B. W., 1829-.
- Lord, Ebenezer.
- Mann, Horatio Eugene,
1825-1906.
- Newson, T. M. (Thomas McLean),
1827-1893.
- Nininger, John, 1821-1878.
- Presley, Bartlett,
1821-1883.
- Putnam, P. P.
- Putnam, S. M. (Samuel M.).
- Ramsey, Alexander,
1815-1903.
- Saxton, Horace.
- Simpson, Thomas, 1836-1905.
- Smith, Robert, 1802-1867.
- Standish, M. M.
- Stargis, William.
- Walker, Platt B.
- Wellman, D. W.
- Wilson, Eugene M. (Eugene McLanahan),
1833-1890.
- Organizations:
- Cleveland Joint Stock Company.
- Hastings and Dakota Railway Company.
- Kandiyohi Town Site Company.
- La Croix Mining Company (N.Y.).
- Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad
Company.
- Milwaukee and Minnesota Railroad
Company.
- Minneapolis Athenaeum.
- Minneapolis Mill Company.
- Minnesota Land Company (Saint Anthony,
Hennepin County, Minn. : 1855-1872).
- Montana-Dakota Utilities Co.
- Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of
the Union. St. Paul Auxiliary.
- North Butte Mining Company.
- Osakis Town Site Company.
- Park Range Mining Company (N.Y.).
- Pioneer Gold and Silver Mining
Company.
- Portsmouth Privateering Company
(Portsmouth, N.H.).
- Portsmouth Whaling Co.
- Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad
Company.
- St. Anthony and North Minneapolis
Bridge Company.
- St. Croix Packet Co. (Taylors Falls,
Minn.).
- St. Paul and White Bear Railroad
Company.
- St. Paul Gas Light Company.
- Thunder Bay Gold and Silver Mining
Company (Saint Paul, Minn.).
- Transit Railroad Company.
- Union Gold and Silver Mining Company.
- W.B. Foshay Company (Minneapolis,
Minn.).
- Winona and Southwestern Railway
Company.
- Wrenn Bros. & Co. (Minn.).
- Places:
- Dakota (Dakota Territory : Town).
- Dakota Territory.
- Hennepin County (Minn.).
- Minneapolis (Minn.).
- New Hampshire.
- Saint Anthony (Hennepin County, Minn. :
1855-1872).
- Saint Cloud (Minn.).
- Saint Paul (Minn.).
- Taylors Falls (Minn.).
- Document Types:
- Bonds (negotiable instruments).
- Mortgage bonds.
- Municipal bonds.
- Stock certificates.
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