Woodruff Sleeping and Parlor Coach Company (Signed by Daniel Chase Corbin)

Product Details CompanyWoodruff Sleeping and Parlor Coach Company Certificate TypeMortgage and Sinking Fund Bond Date IssuedMarch 1, 1888CanceledNoPrinterHomer Lee Bank Note CompanySignaturesHand signedApproximate Size9 1/2" (w) by 14 1/2" (h)ImagesShow the exact certificate you will receiveGuaranteed AuthenticYesAdditional DetailsSigned by Daniel Chase CorbinReference $50 to $75 Historical Context At the age of 16, Theodore Tuttle Woodruff (1811-1892) happily left the farm and became an apprentice wagon-maker. He worked at that trade for three years and then went into a foundry to learn pattern-making. As a journeyman pattern-maker he worked for the earliest car builders in Springfield, MA. He may have worked at Dean, Packard & Mills Car Builders in Springfield and thus had a friendship with Caleb Parker at the time Parker was a principal in Barney, Parker & Company (predecessor to Barney & Smith). About 1855, Woodruff became Master Car Builder for the Terre Haute, Al