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N.Y. Central Sleeping Car Co. & Wagner Palace Car Co., Assortment of Cancelled Bank Checks, 1886-190

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Historical Memorabilia Start Price:35.00 USD Estimated At:55.00 - 110.00 USD
N.Y. Central Sleeping Car Co. & Wagner Palace Car Co., Assortment of Cancelled Bank Checks, 1886-190
SOLD
60.00USD+ buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2023 Jun 13 @ 13:20UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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New York, 1886-1900. Lot of 19, I/C Checks from Railroad Companies, Includes: 1886, N.Y. Central Sleeping Car Co. (4), all with hand signed signature of Webb, no imprinted revenues; and Wagner Palace Car Co. (15), all with pre-printed signature of Webb, all with Imprinted Revenue RN-X7. All the checks are signed by William Seward Webb (January 31, 1851 October 29, 1926) was a businessman, and inspector general of the Vermont militia with the rank of colonel. He was a founder and former president of the Sons of the American Revolution. Webb was born on January 31, 1851, to James Watson Webb and Laura Virginia (ne Cram) Webb. Among his many siblings was Alexander Stewart Webb, who was a noted Civil War general; Henry Walter Webb, also a railway executive; and George Creighton Webb, a Yale Law School graduate and attorney in New York with Saunders, Webb & Worcester. He studied medicine in Vienna, Paris and Berlin. Returning to America, he entered the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and graduated from there in 1875. In 1881, he married Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt, the daughter of William Henry Vanderbilt. For several years Webb practiced medicine; then forsook the profession for finance at the behest of his wife's family, establishing the Wall Street firm of W. S. Web. (19)