J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr.

Two Proxy Documents Granting Transfer Powers To J. Pierpont Morgan, J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr J. P. Morgan And Company And Other Members Of The Firm. 1893, New York. 12”x 7 ¾” stock certificatefor 100 shares. GreenBlack. Engraved vignette of a steam locomotive at top center, nice portrait vignette of Frederick Billings at bottom. Signed by J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr. for the company transferring 1250 shares of stock to Morgan & Company. An interesting document in which the owner of the shares "Madame Piou (Marguerite Amicie) Veuve de Monsier Lebaudy (Jules) a Paris" appoints J. Pierpont Morgan, George C. Thomas, George S. Bowdoin, Edward T. Stotesbury, Charles H. Coster, Robert Bacon James, W. Paul, Jr., J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr. Temple Bowdoin, Edward M. Robinson and Messrs. J. P. Morgan & Co…my true and lawful attorneys…" John Pierpont Morgan, Jr. (1867 - 1943). Born into one of America's most fabulously wealthy families John Pierpont Morgan Jr. followed his father into the family business becoming the senior partner of J. P. Morgan & Company upon his father's death in 1913. Considered by many to be the most powerful financial figure in the country after his father died, by 1933 he and his firm was reported to control one quarter of the total assets in the United States. An active and generous philanthropist, he gave away millions.An interesting Morgan and Company association with a scarce Morgan, Jr. signature. Light punch and stamp cancellations on stock not affecting the attached documents.