Utica and Schenectady Rail Road Co. - 1853 dated transferred to Francis E. Spinner by his Wife, Mary Magdalene Fidelis Brument - Transfer Receipt

Stock transferred by Mary Magdalene Fidelis Brument to Francis Spinner.

Francis Elias Spinner (1802-1890) Elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fourth Congress and as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1861); chairman, Committee on Accounts (Thirty-sixth Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1860 to the Thirty-seventh Congress; appointed by President Lincoln as Treasurer of the United States and served from March 16, 1861, until his resignation on July 1, 1875. Spinner is best known for his service as Treasurer of the U.S. during the Civil War, during which time he skillfully managed the government's huge expenditures and introduced Postage Currency. He is credited with bringing women into the civil service. He is also known for his distinctive signature that was produced with a three nibbed pen.

His father was John Peter Spinner (born in Werbach, Baden, January 18, 1768; died in German Flatts, NY, May 27, 1848), a Catholic priest who became a Protestant, married Mary Magdalene Fidelis Brument, emigrated to the United States in 1801, and was pastor of two German-speaking Dutch Reformed churches, at Herkimer and German Flatts until his death. Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_E._Spinner