DIY History | Transcribe | Building the Transcontinental Railroad | Balance sheets, checks and contract by Nelson A. Gesner, New York, N.Y., 1866-1868

Transcribe
Translate

Balance sheets, checks and contract by Nelson A. Gesner, New York, N.Y., 1866-1868

front

For a valuable consideration to me
             in [illegible]. I hereby assign unto
                                            [illegible]
             fifth 1/5 interest in a certain contract
             of date Nov 10. 1866. made with one L. B.
             B[illegible] for the construction of one
             hundred and fifty miles of Union Pacific
             Rail Road and by        [illegible]           assigned
             to the undersigned on the 20th of November A.D.
             1866.

(Stamp)          I hereby bind myself, Heirs & Executors   to pay over (?) of which is known & (?) the    and

                [illegible]  upon settlement
             of what is known & recognized as the
             [illegible]  contract the     [illegible]
             one fifth of any & all profits which may benefit
             hereafter be ascertained on the final
             settlement of service agreement. In witness whereof I here on this day of AD in the City & State of New York affixed my hand and Seal.

Witness, 
Wm H Vail


N.A. Gesner


             [illegible]                               
N.A Gesner

Saving...

For a valuable consideration to me in [illegible]. I hereby assign unto [illegible] fifth 1/5 interest in a certain contract of date Nov 10. 1866. made with one L. B. B[illegible] for the construction of one hundred and fifty miles of Union Pacific Rail Road and by [illegible] assigned to the undersigned on the 20th of November A.D. 1866. (Stamp) I hereby bind myself, Heirs & Executors to pay over (?) of which is known & (?) the and [illegible] upon settlement of what is known & recognized as the [illegible] contract the [illegible] one fifth of any & all profits which may benefit hereafter be ascertained on the final settlement of service agreement. In witness whereof I here on this day of AD in the City & State of New York affixed my hand and Seal. Witness, Wm H Vail N.A. Gesner [illegible] N.A Gesner