A Share in the Bedford Stoystown Turnpike Road Company
Title
A Share in the Bedford Stoystown Turnpike Road Company
Creator
Bedford and Stoystown Turnpike Road Company
Date
2 January 1819
Format
18.6 x 10.9cm
Abstract
This share was printed on paper and has been filled in by hand in some sections. There is a transfer note written by hand, perpendicular to the text in the left margin. There is an embossed seal for the Bedford & Stoystown Turnpike Road Company in the bottom left corner. Two signatures are visible.
Description
Transcription:
| Bedord and Stoystown Turnpike Road Company. This is to certify, that the commonwealth of Pennsylvania holds one share of stock in the Bedford Stoystown Turnpike Road Company of fifty dollars upon which the whole is paid. In testimony whereof, we have hereto set our hands, and affixed our common seal, the 2nd day of January Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen. John Shelley president. Attest, Peter Lahell Treasurer |
Provenance
Donated by Mr. Seymour Schulich in 2017.
Contributor
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, proprietor. John Schell Jr., company President. Peter Schell, Treasurer.
Language
English
Coverage
United States of America
Identifier
038, Share No. 453
Files
Citation
Bedford and Stoystown Turnpike Road Company, “A Share in the Bedford Stoystown Turnpike Road Company,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed May 1, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/543.