Puget Sound and Alaska Steamship Co. Issued to and signed by Brayton Ives and si For Sale

Stock issued to and signed on back by Brayton Ives. Also signed by Colgate Hoyt as president. Brayton Ives (1840-1914) was born in Farmington, Connecticut. Graduating from Yale University in 1861, he entered the Union army as Adjutant of the 5th Connecticut Infantry and served throughout the war, being promoted successively to Captain, in October, 1861; Assistant Adjutant General, with rank of Captain, March, 1862; major, 1st Conn. Cav., January, 1864; Lieutenant Colonel, November, 1864, and Colonel of the regiment in January, 1865. During the last year of the War, he served under Custer and Sheridan and was mustered out in August, 1865, a brevet Brigadier General. Married in 1867 to Eleanor A., daughter of the Rev S.B.S. Bissell of Norwalk, Connecticut, he is father of Winifred, Sherwood Bissell, Eunice and Frances Havens Ives. In 1867, General Ives went into stock brokerage on Wall Street and soon became prominent at the Stock Exchange. Elected vice-president of the Exchange in 1876 and 1877, his associates made him president in 1878 and 1879. He was a member of the Governing Committee for thirteen years. Retiring from Wall Street in 1889, he accepted the presidency of The Western National Bank, April 1, 1890. By diligent study of the problems of finance, Gen. Ives has gained the rank of an authority. He was president of The Northern Pacific Railroad from 1893 to 1896, director of The Mercantile Trust Co., The United States Guarantee Co., and The New York Stock Exchange Building Co., and chairman of The Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. He was a valued member of the Union League, Metropolitan, University, Century, Grolier, Players\', New York Yacht, Tuxedo, and Riding clubs and The New England Society and Loyal Legion. The press has published many essays from his pen. He was a collector of rare books and bric-a-brac, was a Presidential Elector on the Republican ticket in 1888, and chairman of the finance committee of the centennial celebration in New York in 1889. Colgate Hoyt (1849-1922), banker, born in Cleveland, Ohio, March 2, 1849, is a son of James M. Hoyt, a lawyer and man of high position. The young man attended Phillips Academy, Andover, but, owing to the failure of his sight, left school at the end of the first year. He then secured a place in a hardware store in Cleveland, rose by his own merit, and finally joined his father in real estate operations, becoming himself the owner of desirable properties. During 1877-81, he engaged in loans of money on real estate security. In May, 1881, he removed to New York City to become a partner in the banking and bullion firm of J. B. Colgate & Co. He made his way here with marked success and remained an active member until the death of Mr. Trevor, Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.