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Jepha H. Wade - Kalamazoo, Allegan and Grand Rapids RR - $1,000 Bond

Inv# AG1122   Bond
Jepha H. Wade - Kalamazoo, Allegan and Grand Rapids RR - $1,000 Bond
State(s): Michigan
Years: 1888

Jeptha H. Wade (1811-1890), Financier. Wade was one of the founders of the American commercial telegraph system. He started as an itinerant painter of portraits and branched out into photography when he learned of the invention of the daguerreotype and purchased a camera to widen his field of portraiture. The news of the success of the telegraph in 1844 led him to study the possibilities of the invention of Morse and in 1847 he contracted to build a telegraph line from Detroit to Jackson. Other lines, known as the Wade Lines, followed in rapid succession. In 1856, most of these lines were combined in the Western Union Telegraph Co. Wade became general agent. Western expansion put the pony express out of business and prepared the way for the transcontinental railroad and the daily mail. Later in 1866, he became President of the enlarged Western Union. He moved to Cleveland and was involved in banking, railroad building and management. This beautiful 1888 $1,000 Railroad Bond is boldly signed by several officials. Jeptha Wade boldly signs as President. The bond is barely cancelled with tiny hole cancellations. A 2nd Supplemental Agreement document is attached. Both engraved by American Bank Note. Fresh Choice Condition. The nicest Wade signed piece we have seen.
Condition: Excellent

A bond is a document of title for a loan. Bonds are issued, not only by businesses, but also by national, state or city governments, or other public bodies, or sometimes by individuals. Bonds are a loan to the company or other body. They are normally repayable within a stated period of time. Bonds earn interest at a fixed rate, which must usually be paid by the undertaking regardless of its financial results. A bondholder is a creditor of the undertaking.

Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.
Price: $200.00