Kankakee and South Western Railroad Co. Issued to and signed by E.H. Harriman - 1885 and 1888 dated Autographed Stock Certificate

Stock issued to and signed on back by E.H. Harriman. Certificate #28!

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. Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._H._Harriman

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