^#1653 ^Lot 1711 John C. Fremont

Endorsement signature, J. C. Fremont,” on the reverse of a Southern Trans-Continental Railroad, Texas Division - From Jefferson to El Paso, document, 7.75 x 5, dated March 2, 1868. The railroad "acknowledges itself indebted to John Fremont in the sum of one thousand dollars, payable…by the transfer of fifty acres of agricultural land…to be located by the holder after the completion of the above-mentioned section of railroad upon any of the eight million acres donated by the State of Texas to the company.” Crisply endorsed on the reverse by Fremont. In fine condition. After the Civil War, Fremont purchased the Kansas Pacific franchise and a part-interest in the Memphis and Little Rock, and became president and promoter of the Memphis and El Paso. The bankruptcy of the line in 1870 cost Fremont the remainder of his fortune and his reputation.