Books and Manuscripts

Partially-Printed Shareholder's Certificate
Philadelphia, August 5, 1789. One sheet, 6 1/2 x 8 1/8 in. (165 x 206 mm). Partially-printed shareholder's certificate, issued to American physician and Pennsylvania delegate to the Continental Congress, David Jackson (1747-1801); signed by Samuel Coates, Jr. (1748-1830), as treasurer; elaborate paper seal intact. Creasing from original folds, restored.

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Partially-Printed Shareholder's Certificate
Philadelphia, May 4, 1793. One sheet, 4 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (114 x 140 mm). Partially-printed shareholder's certificate, issued to Thomas Austie; signed by Samuel Coates, Jr., as treasurer. Creasing from original folds, repaired; lacking seal and bottom portions along folds.

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[Biddle, Nicholas]
Partially-Printed Shareholder's Certificate
Philadelphia, April 15, 1840. One sheet, 7 1/4 x 12 3/4 in. (184 x 324 mm). Partially-printed shareholder's certificate, issued to American financier and last president of the Second Bank of the United States, Nicholas Biddle (1786-1844); signed by John Jay Smith, as treasurer, as well as George Campbell, as secretary. Creasing from original folds, sello-tape repairs on verso.