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Auction: 1004 - Bonds & Shares of The World
Lot: 615

Cambridge Cemetery Company, £10 share, 1843, no. 69, issued to Ebenezer Foster and signed by him and George Ebenezer Foster as Directors, black on cream paper, very fine. Estimate £ 80 The cemetery of some 15 acres was situated on the North side of Mill Road and was consecrated in 1848. The Baptist Foster family were mill owners and founded a very successful bank in the town. They were heavily involved in many local businesses and projects and Ebenezer served as mayor in 1836/37. Fosters bank was sold to Lloyds bank in 1918.

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