Baltimore and Ohio Railroad issued to and signed by Edward H. Harriman - Stock C For Sale

Issued to and signed by Edward H. Harriman. His genius as an administrator made him one of the great railway men of all time. Self-confident and ruthless, he spared neither friend nor foe if they blocked his plans. Two types of stocks available, one with a train in a circle at top left, 1901 or a figure of Columbia, also dated 1901. Both issued to and signed by E. H. Harriman at back. A portrait of Harriman as well as biographical information accompanies stocks. Please specify type. Edward Henry Harriman (February 20, 1848 \" September 9, 1909) was an American financier and railroad executive. Harriman was born on February 20, 1848, in Hempstead, New York, the son of Orlando Harriman, Sr., an Episcopal clergyman, and Cornelia Neilson. He had a brother, Orlando Harriman, Jr. His great-grandfather, William Harriman, had emigrated from England in 1795 and became a successful businessman and trader. As a young boy, Harriman spent a summer working at the Greenwood Iron Furnace in the area owned by the Robert Parker Parrott family that would become Harriman State Park. He quit school at age 14 to take a job as an errand boy on Wall Street in New York City. His uncle Oliver Harriman had earlier established a career there. By age 22, he was a member of the New York Stock Exchange. Harriman\'s father-in-law was president of the Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain Railroad Company, which aroused Harriman\'s interest in upstate New York transportation. In 1881, at age 33, Harriman acquired the small, broken-down Lake Ontario Southern Railroad. He renamed it the Sodus Bay & Southern, reorganized it, and sold it to the Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.

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