Original CDV of George Francis Train (March 24, 1829 – January 18, 1904), AKA "Citizen Train", an American businessman who organized the clipper ship line that sailed around Cape Horn to San Francisco; he also organized the Union Pacific Railroad and the Credit Mobilier in the United States in 1864 to construct the eastern portion of the Transcontinental Railroad, and a horse tramway company in England while there during the American Civil War.
Boldly signed and dated, New York, 1872, with "The Fenian Legion of Honor" written in the margin below. The back has J.W. Black's Boston imprint. CDV is 4" x 2.5" and in VG or better antique condition.
Continued, from Wiki: In 1868 Train was arrested while aboard the RMS Scotia in the port of Queenstown (now Cobh) in Ireland,[10] and held in custody. He had in his possession speeches he had given in the United States in defense of the Fenian cause of Irish independence. These documents were seized by a local magistrate. His release four days later was on condition that he disavow any intention of promoting Fenianism while in Ireland or England.
In 1872, the year this was signed, Train ran for president of the United States as an independent candidate.
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