Lehigh Valley Rail Road Company
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company Certificates of Capital Stock Shares, 1890s
Collection
Identifier: SC MS0262
Abstract
Collection contains a number of cancelled certificates of stock issued by the Lehigh Valley Railroad in 1890. The stock certificate numbers range from 79501 to 80000. What is especially interesting about the stocks are that so many were issued in the name of single women as purchasers. Many of the certificates were redeemed by the end of the century.
Dates:
1890 - 1931; Majority of material found within 1890 - 1892
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
Lehigh Valley Railroad Land Documents
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0275
Scope and Contents
The collection contains approximately 384 documents (deeds, titles, indentures, correspondence and leases) for anthracite coal lands, 40 envelopes, 20 maps, two pamphlets, one photogravure, and one large colored "painting." In general, the items are dusty, stained, crumpled, and some are very fragile.The earliest date mentioned in the documents is 1773 (Tomlinson survey of land) referred to in a later dated deed to the most recent items from the Peca Coal Company dated 1962. The...
Dates:
1773-1962
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
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- Subject
- Anthracite coal 1
- Coal mines and mining 1
- Documents 1
- Ephemera 1
- Railroads 1