Certificate for Shares of the Melville Gold Mining Company, December 1, 1857

Authors

Files

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Description

This certificate, numbered 289, certifies that Peleg Clarkee, Jr. is entitled to twenty-five shares of the Capital Stock of the Melville Gold Mining Company. The certificate is signed by William C. Ford, the company secretary and John Callallon, the president of the company. The corticate includes imagery of men working in mines and declares that the Melville Gold Mining Company was "organized under an act of the Legislature of New York, authorizing the Formation of Corporations, passed February 17, 1848."

Publication Date

12-1-1857

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Time Period

1850-1859

Subjects

Gold mines and mining; Shares of stock

Geographic Location

New York, (N.Y.)

Object Type

text

Format (original)

certificate

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

FVW-PC-B1F1-3

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Peleg Clarke, Jr. papers, Papers Dated 1853 May-1861 May, Box 1, Folder 1

Repository

The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana Repository

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Recommended Citation

Certificate for Shares of the Melville Gold Mining Company, December 1, 1857, Peleg Clarke, Jr. papers (FVW), The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana