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    • A 1795 Robert Morris North American Land Company Bond
      Sep. 18, 2022

      A 1795 Robert Morris North American Land Company Bond

      Est: $100 - $500

      A 1795 partly printed document that entitles a Dr. James Tate to five shares in the North American Land Company. Executed in Philadelphia, signed in brown ink by Robert Morris and James Marshall. The left margin cut as an indenture.

      Locati LLC
    • Robert Morris & J. Marshall 1795 Stock Certificate
      Oct. 29, 2015

      Robert Morris & J. Marshall 1795 Stock Certificate

      Est: $800 - $1,200

      Type of Item: Robert Morris, (“Financier of the American Revolution and signer of the declaration of Independence), and James Marshall signed stock certificate for three shares in the Property of the North American Land Company; Year Produced: 1795; Materials: Paper; Approximate Measurement: Document is 10" x 12.5", frame 22" x 25"; Approximate Weight: 8 lbs; Note: Stock Certificate signed: "Robt Morris" as President and "James Marshall" as Secretary, Philadelphia, 15th of October 1795. Certificate No. 2049. representing three shares, 22313 to 22315. In part: "This is to Certify that James Rees is entitled to three shares in the Property of the North American Land Company, the Dividend whereof shall not be less than Six Dollars....". Morris had founded the North American Land Company with John Nicholson, the Comptroller General of Pennsylvania, and James Greenleaf in 1795. Robert Morris (1734-1806) was a Philadelphia merchant and financier and a delegate to the Continental Congress (1775-1778). Although voting against independence, which he considered premature, Morris worked merchant and financier and a delegate to the Continental Congress (1775-1778). Although voting against independence, which he considered premature, Morris worked diligently on military procurement, playing a key role in keeping George Washington's army supplied. He was U.S. Superintendent of Finance (1781-1784) under the Articles of Confederation, cutting expenses and raising revenue, often borrowing in his own name, to keep the new government solvent. Morris, who was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, was George Washington's first choice to be Secretary of the Treasury. Morris declined the offer, serving instead in the U.S. Senate (1789-1795, the year he signed this stock certificate). Financially ruined by his speculative land investments, Morris was imprisoned for debt from February 1798-August 1801 and lived his remaining years in obscurity and poverty. Morris was the father-in-law of James Markham Marshall (1764-1848), the brother of John Marshall (1755-1835), also a land speculator, who became Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1801-1835). Lightly creased and soiled. Irregularly cut left edge. Framed and matted under Plexiglas.

      J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC
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