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Auction: 312 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 2835

Girard College for Orphans (PA), Pay warrants on the treasurer of the Girard Trust by order of the building committee (4) and the commissioners of the Girard Estates (5), 1837, for building and other costs, ornate borders, black, uneven edges, about VF+. Banker and philanthropist Stephen Girard (1750-1831), himself an orphan, endowed this school for the education of poor white boys in Philadelphia; it was later the focus of successful efforts at integration. [9]

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