Elderly Thurlow Weed Just Months Prior To His Death

1882, New York. 12 ¼" x 7 ¾". Northern Pacific stock certificate for 100 shares. Green\Black. Engraved vignette of a steam locomotive at top center, portrait vignette of Frederick Billings at bottom. Issued to and endorsed on verso by Thurlow Weed (1797-1882). Politician and Journalist. A longtime powerful political operative, Abraham Lincoln consulted closely with Weed during his presidential campaigns. Light punch cancellations not affecting Weed's signature. Rare.