{"product_id":"hartford-providence-and-fishkill-railroad-company-1","title":"Hartford, Providence and Fishkill Railroad Company","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background-color: #fcfcf8; font-size: 13px; width: 25%;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCompany\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background-color: #fcfcf8; font-size: 15px; width: 75%;\"\u003eHartford, Providence and Fishkill Railroad Company\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"font-size: 13px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCertificate Type\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"font-size: 15px;\"\u003eMortgage and Convertible Bond\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background-color: #fcfcf8; font-size: 13px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate Issued\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background-color: #fcfcf8; font-size: 15px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeptember 15, 1853\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"font-size: 13px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCanceled\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"font-size: 15px;\"\u003eYes\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background-color: #fcfcf8; font-size: 13px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrinter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background-color: #fcfcf8; font-size: 15px;\"\u003eCase, Tiffany and Co. of Hartford\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"font-size: 13px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSignatures\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"font-size: 15px;\"\u003eHand signed\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background-color: #fcfcf8; font-size: 13px;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eApproximate Size\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background-color: #fcfcf8; font-size: 15px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e11 1\/2\" (w) by 9\" (h)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"font-size: 13px;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eProduct Images\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"font-size: 15px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShow the exact certificate you will receive\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background-color: #fcfcf8; font-size: 13px;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAuthentic\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"background-color: #fcfcf8; font-size: 15px;\"\u003eYes\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"font-size: 13px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdditional Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"font-size: 15px;\"\u003eNA\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eHistorical Context\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eIn May 1863, the Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad was chartered to take over operations of a group of failed lines that were originally designed to eventually connect Boston with New York City, and continue the line west to Fishkill, New York, with a car float from there to the Erie Railroad at Newburgh. It quickly leased the Hartford, Providence and Fishkill Railroad from its trustees, giving it a line from Providence west to Waterbury. In September of that year it acquired the former Boston and New York Central Railroad, but did not operate it yet; the old Norfolk County Railroad continued operations by its trustees.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the meantime, the New York and Boston Railroad had built a line from Brookline, Massachusetts (outside Boston) southwest to Woonsocket, Rhode Island, crossing the Norfolk County Railroad in Blackstone. On January 4, 1865 the BH\u0026amp;E absorbed that company, making its Woonsocket Division. On December 13 of the same year, various Erie Railway men were elected to the BH\u0026amp;E board, placing it under partial control of the Erie.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn February 11, 1867 the BH\u0026amp;E leased the Norfolk County Railroad, finally reopening the full line from Mechanicsville to Boston. That same year, the branch to Southbridge (part of the original Southbridge and Blackstone charter) opened. The Norwich and Worcester Railroad was leased in 1869, finally giving it a route to Boston, using the N\u0026amp;W from the Providence line at Plainfield north to the old Norfolk County Railroad at Mechanicsville. In August 1872 a direct connection from Willimantic on the line to Providence northeast to Mechanicsville opened, completing the direct line to Boston.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy 1869 the BH\u0026amp;E leased the Dutchess and Columbia Railroad, which was building a line roughly southwest-northeast in Dutchess County, New York. The BH\u0026amp;E planned to build west to the D\u0026amp;C at the future Hopewell Junction, but was not able to complete the line and lost the lease in 1870.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn September 9, 1872 the Long Island Rail Road's Boston Express began operations, using the BH\u0026amp;E from Norwich (at the south end of the N\u0026amp;W) to Boston. This was later replaced around 1891 with the Long Island and Eastern States Express, using the Danbury and Norwalk Railroad from Wilson Point to the BH\u0026amp;E (then the NY\u0026amp;NE) at Hawleyville (east of Danbury).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe New Haven, Middletown and Willimantic Railroad was leased in 1873, giving a line to New Haven. Later that year, the BH\u0026amp;E went bankrupt and was reorganized April 17 as the New York and New England Railroad; the N\u0026amp;W lease was kept but the NHM\u0026amp;W lease was forfeited (prior to its opening August 12), becoming part of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad system in 1879.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVarious sources note the Boston Hartford \u0026amp; Erie as failing and falling into receivership in 1870, yet it was during the Panic of 1873 that 89 of the country's 364 railroads went bankrupt. The New York and New England Railroad Company was chartered by special act of the Massachusetts legislature on April 17, 1873. Such was the mess of the Boston Hartford \u0026amp; Erie's mortgages and land titles that the NY\u0026amp;NE did not enter into possession of any of the BH\u0026amp;E \"system\" until sometime in 1875.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eRelated Collections\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ghostsofwallstreet.com\/collections\/railroad\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0055\/6253\/1904\/files\/CollectionIconRailroad.png?v=1664138815\" width=\"120\" height=\"113\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ghostsofwallstreet.com\/collections\/connecticut-railroads\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"113\" width=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0055\/6253\/1904\/files\/CollectionIconConnecticutRailroads.png?v=1669291027\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ghostsofwallstreet.com\/collections\/new-york-railroads\" 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