Subject: Securities

Preferred Trust Certificate of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, dated May 24, 1899. The certificate is signed and features United States and United Kingdom revenue stamps. William Salomon and Abraham Wolff are listed as voting trustees. The certificate is orange and depicts a large locomotive. This item is part of the Oppenheimer Collection.

Preferred Trust Certificate of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, dated May 24, 1899. The certificate is signed and features United States and United Kingdom revenue stamps. William Salomon and Abraham Wolff are listed as voting trustees. The certificate is orange and depicts a large locomotive.

Invoice from H. H. DeLeon, a broker, auctioneer, and commission agent located at No. 24 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina. Dated March 24, 1887. The billhead features a decorative border and a stylized company logo. The document likely represents the purchase of bonds or other securities by T. G. Summons, who is named at the top of the billhead, from H. H. DeLeon. The transaction value appears to be $100 for 478/32nds.

Billhead for a securities trade from August Belmont & Co., dated May 2, 1857, in New York, New York. The billhead features the name of F. Milldroun and August Belmont (1813-1890).

Stock certificate for 120 shares of common stock in the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Company, issued to Isaac H. Mack on October 11, 1881 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Receipt or letter documenting the sale of 20 shares of stock for Rudolph Sieling, as trustee, by H. H. DeLeon on April 15, 1880, in Charleston, South Carolina. The letterhead indicates that the business, H. H. DeLeon, Bonds, Stocks, Coupons, Gold, Bank Notes and Real Estate Bought and Sold, was closed on Saturdays. The document measures approximately 6 x 9 1/2 inches.

Stock certificate issued on October 18, 1853, by the Indiana and Illinois Central Railroad Company to Jacob Myers for eight shares. The certificate features a vignette of a train. The verso lists dividends through 1855. Issued in Decatur, Illinois.

A $25 bond issued on February 19, 1861, by the Kahal Kadosh Beth El Emeth Congregation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The bond notes that 'G.D' is spelled out. The names B. Spatz, A. Kalin, and W. Florance appear on the bond.

A business letter dated May 22, 1884, written on the letterhead of Greenebaum & Straus, stockbrokers located at 232 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California. Addressed to L. B. Frankel in Gold Hill, Nevada, the letter pertains to a stock purchase. The letter suggests that Frankel was involved in a legal matter in 1870/71 related to an official bond.

A business letter written by H. H. DeLeon, a broker in Charleston, South Carolina, to Annie Lena Wannamaker on April 26, 1880. The letter appears to be a receipt or communication related to financial transactions. The letterhead indicates that H. H. DeLeon conducted business in bonds, stocks, coupons, and real estate. A note on the letter indicates the business was closed on Saturdays.

Stock certificate receipt, number 125, issued to Messrs. Coleman & Levy for one share at $100.00 on March 29, 1861. The receipt bears a notation in red ink, "for the City of Houston (Texas)", indicating the certificate's connection to the city. The receipt provides insight into early Jewish presence in Houston, Texas, with information on some of the earliest Jewish settlers.

Stock certificate receipt, number 59, issued to Henry Fleishman on September 6, 1860, for one share valued at $100.00. The receipt bears Fleishman's signature acknowledging receipt, with an additional notation in red ink, "for the City of Houston (Texas)", written by a different hand.

Stock purchase slip from Zadig, Wollberg & Co., stockbrokers located at 306 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California. Dated November 3, 1888.