1894 Syracuse Binghamton & New York Rail Road Stock Transfer Certificate
$ 6.86
Description
1894 Syracuse Binghamton & New York Rail Road Stock Transfer Certificate. This 1894 stock transfer certificate from the Syracuse, Binghamton & New York Rail Road Company documents the conveyance of fourteen shares of capital stock from Laurena Furnure to a new owner, executed on February 5th in New York. The document serves as a tangible artifact of Gilded Age finance, capturing a moment of corporate ownership transition through its meticulously completed manuscript fields. Key signatories and witnesses include Mary A. McFarland and Clarence Berry, with the legal firm Zankrider & as attys also indicated, providing a snapshot of the professional networks involved in late 19th-century securities transactions. The document's structure follows standard transfer indenture format, with pre-printed legal boilerplate establishing the framework for the handwritten specifics of the exchange. The certificate's physical characteristics reflect the material culture of Victorian-era business documentation, featuring a formal typographic letterhead that establishes corporate identity. Numerical annotations 304 and 118 likely correspond to internal ledger or filing systems, offering insight into the administrative practices of the period. As an operational document from a specific regional railroad, it provides primary source evidence of investment patterns and shareholder demographics during an era of intense railway expansion in Upstate New York. The Syracuse, Binghamton & New York Rail Road Company represented a critical transportation link in the Southern Tier region, making this certificate significant for researchers of New York State railroad history, financial archaeology, and the study of women's participation in capital markets through female shareholders like Laurena Furnure. PLEASE NOTE: This item may be folded in order to fit the mailer. Whenever possible, it will be folded using folds or creases that were already in the document.
