T&P Stock Certificate
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| Photo Credit | The Grace Museum - The Portal to Texas History | |
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| Category | Scripophily |
Description
2 photographs of a T&P stock certificate, the front and back sides respectively. Printed on the front is: "This certifies that _____ is entitled to ___ shares of One Hundred Dollars each in the Capital Stock of the Texas and Pacific Railway Company transferable only on the books of the said Company in person or by Attorney and according to the regulations of the said Company on surrender of this Certificate. In Witness Whereof the said Company has caused this Certificate to be signed by the President and Secretary and sealed with its Corporate seal, this ____." On the back is printed "For value received __ hereby sell, assign and transferable ________ Shares of the Capital Stock represented by the within Certificate and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint __ Attorney to transfer the said stock on the Books of the within - named Company with full power of substitution in the premises. Dated __ 19__ In Presence of ___." Written below the image is "T&P $100.00 Stock Certificate."
[T&P Stock Certificate], photograph, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth860644/: accessed March 5, 2020), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Grace Museum.