POUGHKEEPSIE, HARTFORD & BOSTON RAILROAD Bond 1875 Dutchess Co., NY. SCARCE. VF+

Description

The Poughkeepsie, Hartford and Boston Railroad Company. Bond issued September 1, 1875. Incorporated in the State of New York.
Embossed company seal lower left. Certificate
No. 626 0
Second Mortgage 30-Year Convertible Bearer Bond. Convertible at par into the First Preferred Capital stock of the company. Hand signed by company
president G. P. Pelton
and
treasurer Alan Senfroain
. Certificate is about 13” x 17.”
All coupons remain attached
(#1 through #52)
Large vignette with a train crossing bridge in a valley along canal with boats next to industry.
The Poughkeepsie, Hartford and Boston Railroad was formed in 1874 as a reorganization of the bankrupt Poughkeepsie and Eastern Railroad which had built a line from Poughkeepsie, New York on the Hudson River in Dutchess County, northeast to Boston Corners in Ancram in Columbia County, and then southeast to the Connecticut State Line, where it would connect with the Connecticut Western Railroad, whitch would continue east to Hartford, Connecticut. The line went through Pleasant Valley, Salt Point, Clinton Corners, Stanfordville, Stissing, Pine Plains, Boston Corners and State Line near Millerton. The Poughkeepsie, Hartford and Boston Railroad went bankrupt in 1884, and the Hartford and Connecticut Western Railroad bought the section southeast at Boston Corners, to which they already had track rights. The rest would be sold in 1886 and reorganized as the New York and Massachusetts Railway.
Condition:  Very Fine+
, light folds, minor creasing, no tears, minor signs of wear/handling/toning (see photos),
uncancelled.
Printer:
Eagle Printing Hoise, Poughkeepsie, New York.
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