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New Brunswick and Canada Railway Land Company One Share Certificate, 1857

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:20.00 CAD Estimated At:60.00 - 80.00 CAD
New Brunswick and Canada Railway Land Company One Share Certificate, 1857
SOLD
20.00CAD+ (4.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2019 Nov 23 @ 20:18UTC-4 : AST/EDT

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New Brunswick and Canada Railway Land Company One Share Certificate, 1857 - Chartered in prior to 1856 by Act of the NB Legislature. It took over the St. Andrews and Quebec Railway Company. It acquired 10,000 acres for every mile built. The balance of the land remaining in the company was sold to Irving for 1.2 million. The net cost to him was $1.50 an acre.