Baltimore and Ohio Rail-Road Co. with Garrett and Son Order Form - 1876 dated Stock Certificate with 1862 dated Receipt
Inv# RS5525 Stock
Pennsylvania
Railroad Stock and order form from the company of Garrett & Son, manufacurers of silver-plated ware. Stock issued to Garrett & Sons. The Pair. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (reporting mark BO) was the first common carrier railroad and the oldest railroad in the United States. It operated as B&O from 1830 until 1987, when it was merged into the Chessie System; its lines are today controlled by CSX Transportation. Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad
A stock certificate is issued by businesses, usually companies. A stock is part of the permanent finance of a business. Normally, they are never repaid, and the investor can recover his/her money only by selling to another investor. Most stocks, or also called shares, earn dividends, at the business's discretion, depending on how well it has traded. A stockholder or shareholder is a part-owner of the business that issued the stock certificates.
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