Scope and ContentStock certificate: Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Company. Common Stock Fractional Scrip. No date, circa 1911-1920. Unissued. Engraved bank note paper, 6-15/16" high x 1-3/4" wide. Reverse is blank. Serial no. 598. Printed by American Bank Note Company, New York. "This certifies that the bearer hereof is entitled to receive _________ dollars par value of the Common Stock of Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Company, on surrender of this and life fractional scrip for the sum, in aggregate of one hundred dollars ($100), or a multiple thereof, at the office of Harvey Fisk & Sons, 62 Cedar Street, New York City. This Certificate carries no dividend until exhanged in to stock." ---- Harvey Fisk & Co. was an original underwriter of H&M stocks and bonds. Harvey E. Fisk was the vice-president of the railroad. The H&M underwent a reorganization in 1911 and fractional scrip was issued.