RICHMOND & ST. PAUL LAND & IMPROVEMENT Stock 1892. Richmond VA. James H. Dooley

Description

Richmond and St. Paul Land and Improvement Association. ,000 Dividend Certificate No. 357
was issued on
January 28, 1892 to Fred R. Scott
“who is entitled to the surplus net dividends from a subscription of five hundred thousand dollars having been made to
James H. Dooley, Joseph Bryan, and Peter H. Mayo, Trustees
under the terms of an agreement made on
February 1, 1887
.
Hand signed by association trustees James H. Dooley, Joseph Bryan, and Peter H. Mayo
, and secretary George J. Rogers. Certificate is about 8” x 11.5”. Dark-blue print on cream-colored vellum paper. Globe vignette within title.
James Henry Dooley (1841 – 1922) was a Richmond, Virginia lawyer, business leader, railroad executive, and philanthropist during the Reconstruction and Gilded Age. James Dooley was the son of Irish immigrants who settled in Richmond, where his father James Dooley Sr. was a successful hat manufacturer. Dooley served with the Confederacy during the Civil War, and following the war he began his career as a lawyer in Richmond where he concentrated his efforts in the rebuilding of city of Richmond. In 1880, he became a board member of the Richmond and Danville Railroad, and was also a director of the Richmond & Allegheny Railroad and the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, and was a leader in the founding of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad.
Condition:  Very Fine++
, two very light vertical folds, no creasing, no tears, light signs of wear/handling/toning (see photos),
uncancelled.
Printer:
A. Hoen & Co., Richmond, Virginia.
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