Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: 321 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale and Stocks and Bonds of the Americas
Lot: 1436

North American Land Company, (PA), Morris, Robert. Liverpool-born American merchant who helped finance the American Revolution; only signer of all three founding documents of the United States - the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution, U.S. Superintendent of Finance (1781-1784), Senator from Pennsylvania (1789-1795), deeply involved in land speculation. Autograph Document Signed "Robt Morris" as company president.No. 1119, 3 shares in the North American Land Company issued to William Temple Franklin, The ncial Panic of 1796-1797 sent the North American Land Company into bankruptcy and Well-preserved, Very Fine. Handsomely matted and framed, a pair of quills flanking the certificate. Framed 27 x 17. VF+, small corner tip missing.

Estimate
$500 to $750

Sale 321 Notices
This certificate is framed with a reproduction of an engraving of Robert Morris; it does not have the 2 quills as described. William Temple Franklin was the illegitimate grandson of American statesman, Benjamin Franklin. A prominent land speculator, as evidenced by this certificate, he served as a diplomat to France during the Revolutionary War and was part of the delegation that negotiated the Treaty of Paris in 1783, effectively ending the Revolution.