Michigan Central Railroad Company Issued To F. W. Vanderbilt - $5, 000
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:1303606 |
$5, 000 5% Bond printed by American Bank Note Co., New York. Issued to F.W. Vanderbilt, trustee for Vanderbilt clinic. Frederick W Vanderbilt (1856-1938). The seventh of eight children born to William Henry Vanderbilt and the grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt, founder of the New York Central Railroad. At age 22, he had been installed on the board of directors of the New York Central Railroad, one of several positions he would hold for much of his life. Frederick attended the Sheffield S...cientific School at Yale University, graduating in 1878. The same year, he married Louise Anthony Torrance, an act that caused consternation within his family and society as a whole because Louise was 12 years older and recently divorced from Frederick's first cousin. Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.
