Hoboken and Hudson River Co. stock certificate circa 1857 (New Jersey)

Nice vignette of an New Jersey state seal Unissued and not cancelled. Dated 185_ but circa 1857 from company records. Approximately 9 x 6 inches.  

The Hoboken and Hudson River Turnpike Company chartered in 1857 to build a road from the north of Hoboken to Bull's Ferry near the Bergen County line. In1860, the company was authorized to extend their road to Tillou's Dock, now Edgewater Marina. In modern times, it was the basis for Port Imperial Boulevard, River Road.

In 1861, the New York and Bull's Ferry Railroad (NYC) is chartered and buys the Hoboken and Hudson River Turnpike. The New York and Fort Lee was incorporated 1861, by special act of the Legislature of New Jersey, as the New York and Bulls Ferry Railroad Company. On March 3, 1862, the name was changed to New York and Fort Lee Railroad Company, the present name. The New York and Fort Lee acquired through purchase, in 1868, the property, rights, and franchises of The Hoboken and Hudson River Turnpike Company, which had been incorporated March 16, 1857, by a special act of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey.

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