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Auction: 323 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1534

Texas and German Immigration Company 1854. 4 shares of $100 each. Light blue-gray paper. Small repaired edge split, and small red crayon notation, upper right, Furst Solmssches Archiv Braunfels stamp near the bottom, otherwise Extremely Fine.
The Texas and German Emigration Company, also known as the German Emigration Company or the Adelsverein, acquired more than 4,400 acres of land in Fayette County and began advertised the chance to settle in Texas to Germans. It worked. Over 5,000 Germans came to Texas between October 1845 and April 1846; many to New Braunfels in Comal and Guadalupe County, and Fredericksburg in Gillespie County. The company became financially embarrassed in 1853, and tried to raise additional capital with a stock offering. Another important piece of Texas financial history.
From the John E. Herzog Collection.

Sold for
$800