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Lockport and Niagara Falls RR Co., 1838 Bond, signed by Washington Hunt as President.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Certificates Start Price:90.00 USD Estimated At:180.00 - 350.00 USD
Lockport and Niagara Falls RR Co., 1838  Bond, signed by Washington Hunt as President.
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NY..... 1838, $1000, I/U Bond, Lockport and Niagara Falls RR Co., Blue,7% Coupon bond, S/N 9, signed by Washington Hunt. Hunt was born in Windham, New York. He moved to Lockport, New York in 1828 to study law, was admitted to the bar in 1834, and opened a law office on Market Street in 1835. He was First Judge of the Niagara County Court from 1836 to 1841. He was elected as a Whig to the 28th, 29th and 30th United States Congresses, and served from March 4, 1843, to March 3, 1849. He was elected New York State Comptroller by the State Legislature after the resignation of Millard Fillmore who had been elected U.S. Vice President. In November 1849, he was re-elected, but resigned the comptrollership after his election as Governor of New York the following year. He was Governor from 1851 to 1852, and was defeated for re-election by Horatio Seymour. (Ex. John E. Herzog Collection)