Stocks and Bonds: Billheads of JB McGeorge

I love ephemera dealing with the stock market, purchase of stocks, bonds or the like. I also have a nice board game collection associated with this theme. I recently purchased off of ebay a collection of letters and billheads for J.B. McGeorge of New York. The billheads are very plain, but they are the only ones I have seen that advertise for selling of RR Bonds and Stocks. They include the coveted “bought of” line to. I have pictured below the two billheads I bought. Each has a signboard graphic on the left side. Both are dated in the later part of 1880. McGeorge sold Commercial Paper, City RR Stocks & Bonds and his orders were executed on the New York Stock Exchange.

I was only able to find out very little about McGeorge and nil on the purchaser of the HW Silverman notes HB Hawley of Connecticut.

Based on a search of the NY Times article archive (highly recommend this). The trick is to read every article that pops up with your search as several articles are buried within each item.

Transferred Stock Exchange membership to James N. Brown & Co. November 1, 1896 NY Times.

Listed on Board of Directors for Big Level and Kinzua Railroad in 1889.

Listed as Secretary and Treasuer of the Danbury & Bethel Horse Ry Co. in 1886 of Danbury CT.

Listed as Secretary of the Bradford, Bordell & Kinuza RR in 1895, and as a director in 1896.

Took assignment of HW Silverman when it failed in 1890. NY Times 12/9/1890

Took assignment of Hooper & Pryor makers of fur hats in 1888. NYT 1/4/1888

Transferred Stock Exchange seat to Brent Good in September 1896. NYT 9/27/1896

A maid named Jennie Davis / Jennie Rogers was accused of stealing silverware and apparel. NYT

Discharged $40,936 liabilities in bankruptcy NYT 1/11/1900

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