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Stock Certificate for the Florida Transit Railroad Company, 1881

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Stock Certificate for the Florida Transit Railroad Company, 1881

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State Archives of Florida, Collection M90-1

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Stock certificate for 25 shares of capital stock in the Florida Transit Railroad Company. The certificate is made out to Sir Edward James Reed, a land developer who collaborated with Hamilton Disston to make the largest single purchase of public land in Florida in 1881 to help improve the finances of the Internal Improvement Fund. The certificate is signed by Edward N. Dickerson, president of the company, and J.B. Drew, secretary.

Date

1881-11-30

Publisher

American Bank Note Company

Contributors

Dickerson, Edward N.
Drew, J.B.

Format

Stock Certificates

Title

Stock Certificate for the Florida Transit Railroad Company, 1881

Subject

Stock certificates

Railroads

Railroad companies

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State Archives of Florida, Collection M90-1

Publisher

American Bank Note Company

Date

1881-11-30

Contributor

Dickerson, Edward N.

Drew, J.B.

Format

stock certificates

Language

eng-US

Type

Text

Identifier

m90-1_b001_f01_01

Coverage

Late 19th-Century Florida (1877-1900)

Geographic Term

Fernandina (Fla.)

Nassau County (Fla.)

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Business and Industry

Subject - Corporate

Florida Transit Railroad Company

Subject - Person

Dickerson, Edward N.

Drew, J. B.

Reed, Edward James, Sir

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Stock Certificate for the Florida Transit Railroad Company, 1881. 1881-11-30. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/318837>, accessed 2 December 2024.

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Stock Certificate for the Florida Transit Railroad Company, 1881. 1881-11-30. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/318837>

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Florida Memory is a digital outreach program providing free online access to select archival records from collections housed in the State Library and Archives of Florida. Florida Memory digitizes materials that illuminate the state's history and culture.

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For FY2024-25, the percentage of total costs for the Florida Memory program financed with federal money is 66%; the federal dollar amount to be spent on the program is $614,955. This program does not receive any non-governmental funding.

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