Michigan Central Rail Road Co. Issued to and Signed by Jacob Little - Pair of Tr For Sale

Pair of Stock Transfers; one issued to and one signed byJacob Little. Similar to AG1130B. Jacob Little, one of the top speculators and manipulators of the stock market in the 1850's. He was one of the most prominent speculators in Erie. Little won and lost "Nine Fortunes". The Michigan Central Railroad (reporting mark MC) was originally incorporated in 1846 to establish rail service between Detroit, Michigan, and St. Joseph, Michigan. The railroad later operated in the states of Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois in the United States and the province of Ontario in Canada. After about 1867 the railroad was controlled by the New York Central Railroad, which later became part of Penn Central and then Conrail. After the 1998 Conrail breakup, Norfolk Southern Railway now owns much of the former Michigan Central trackage. At the end of 1925, MC operated 1871 miles of road and 4139 miles of track; that year it reported 4304 million net ton-miles of revenue freight and 600 million passenger-miles. Michigan Central Railroad Battle Creek and Bay City Railroad 1889 Buchanan and St. Joseph River Railroad 1897 Central Railroad of Michigan 1837-1846 Detroit and St. Joseph Railroad 1831-1837 Detroit and Bay City Railroad 1881 Detroit and Charlevoix Railroad 1916 Frederick and Charlevoix Railroad 1901 Detroit River Tunnel Company Railroad 1918 Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad 1871 Amboy, Lansing and Traverse Bay Railroad 1866 Gran Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.