Eastern Rail-Road Office, Boston, June 18, 1843 [electronic resource] : Sir, I send you copy of a vote passed by the directors at their meeting yesterday. ... "Voted. That the 1,950 shares now held by the company, be offered to the persons who may be stockholders this day at 2 o'clock, P.M., in the proportion of one share for any eight held by them, at par, provided they signify their intention of taking the same on or before the first of August next ... please notify William H. Foster, at Asiatic Bank. ...