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New York and Harlem Rail Road Co., 1863 I/C Stock Certificate ITASB Jacob Little.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Certificates Start Price:40.00 USD Estimated At:75.00 - 150.00 USD
New York and Harlem Rail Road Co., 1863 I/C Stock Certificate ITASB Jacob Little.
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New York, 30 Shares, I/C, Fine condition with Issued to and signed by Jacob Little, cut cancels in middle repaired with scotch tape that has stained the face, ABNC. Jacob Little was an early 19th-century Wall Street investor and the first and one of the greatest speculators in the history of the stock market, known at the time as the "Great Bear of Wall Street". A market pessimist, Little made his wealth "bearing stocks", at turns short selling various companies and at others cornering markets to extract profits from other short sellers. Through his great financial foresight Little amassed an enormous fortune, becoming one of the richest men in America and one of the leading financiers on Wall Street in the 1830s and 1840s, but his speculative activities irritated his peers and earned him few admirers. Little lost and remade his legendary fortune multiple times before losing it for good in 1857