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Auction: 14017 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 365

Fraudulent Claim of Hereditary Lands of Nova Scotia, 'Breviate and proposal on behalf of the Heirs of Line of Sir William Alexander, Baronet & c.', circa 1840, a 4 page document discussing the history of the claim with a reproduction of a £20 note on the reverse, decorative piece with Royal Coat of Arms and Arms of the Alexander's of Menstrie, black printing, very fine and very rare.

Alexander Humphrys claimed he was the descendant of Sir William Alexander of Menstrie who was granted a large part of Nova Scotia in Canada by King Charles I in the 1630's. These shares were floated to finance this fraudulent claim, falsely involving the Bank of Scotland.

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