Lot 2097E
1795 North American Land Company, Share Certificate Signed by Robert Morris as President of the Company
Robert Morris, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution
Mise à prix: $1,000
Estimation: $1,500 - $1,950
Partly-printed share certificate of the North American Land Company, numbered 1375 and representing share 15,614. It certifies that Dr. Enoch Edwards is entitled to one share in the entire property of the company, the dividend whereof shall not be less than six dollars on each share annually, conformably to articles of agreement executed at Philadelphia the twentieth day of February 1795, transferable only at the company’s office. Signed by order of the Board of Managers at Philadelphia the eighteenth day of April 1795 by Robert Morris as President and James Marshall as Secretary, brother of Chief Justice John Marshall.
The North American Land Company was founded on February 20, 1795 by Robert Morris, James Greenleaf, and John Nicholson; it held 30,000 shares of stock at $100 each against six million acres of land in Pennsylvania, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, and the District of Columbia, and was one of the largest land trusts in American history.
Robert Morris was one of the most influential financial figures in American history, often referred to as the “Financier of the Revolution” for his critical role in funding the Continental Army during the War for Independence.
Morris signed the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution
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