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Auction: SW1012 - Bonds & Shares Certificates of the World
Lot: 127

North American Land Company. Certificate of proof for shares issued on 12. March 1792 by the Notary Public Colonel Clement Biddle (1740-1814) for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Colonel Clement Biddle was a part of the Society of Friends and helped organize the "Quaker Blues", a company of volunteers. During the American Revolutionary War, Biddle fought several battles and was the Commissary General at Valley Forge under George Washington. After the Revolutionary War, he was the first U.S. Marshal (1789–1793) for Pennsylvania. After 1790, he was "Notary, Scrivener, and Broker" which made him a rich man. Sylvanus Bourne was the first US Consul in the Netherlands. EF.

Estimate
SFr400 to SFr700