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Auction: 312 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 3028

Pennsylvania Population Company (PA), One share, 1794, #657, ornate border. Signed by John Nicholson as president and Tench Francis as treasurer. VF. This was one of John Nicholson´s private ventures not undertaken in partnership with Morris. The firm bought up a million acres of Pennsylvania territory before its collapse in 1800. Approximately 3000 shares were issued with many being purchased by Morris and Nicholson. After its failure, it was put into liquidation and its affairs were still being untangled in the 1850s. Rare.

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