Receipt signed by William Lewis on April 20, 1773, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, acknowledging the receipt of 15 pounds from Michael Gratz as partial payment on a bond owed to Nicholas Waln. The receipt includes an early 1800s engraving of William Lewis.
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This item is a $100 First Mortgage, Four Percent Bond (Number 1497) issued by the Jewish Agricultural and Colonial Association. It was issued to Jacob H. Schiff on April 14, 1913, with interest payable from December 31, 1917, and the final principal due on December 31, 1924. Payments were designated to be made through the Utah Colonization Fund, Inc., The National Copper Bank, or Walker Brothers Bank, all located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The certificate features ornate green borders and decorative Gothic-style lettering for the association's name. An engraved vignette depicting a cultivated agricultural landscape, likely representing the Clarion colony, is centrally placed. The document includes detachable coupons for future interest payments and bears the signatures of Benjamin Brown (President), B. Horowitz (Secretary) of the Jewish Agricultural and Colonial Association, and David Spitz (Secretary of Utah Colonization Fund, Inc. Trustee). 3.
This is a $1,000 bond certificate, number 99, issued by The Mariposa Land & Mining Company of California on December 15, 1875, in San Francisco. The bond promises seven percent interest, with the principal payable on January 1, 1886, and interest payable semi-annually on January 1st and July 1st. It is signed by S. Heydenfeldt as President and L. Leavitt as Secretary. Nineteen coupons remain attached to the bottom of the certificate. The document features an ornate border and detailed text. A prominent top vignette depicts John Marshall at the gold discovery site at Coloma, Sutter's Mill in January 1848, showing a lumber mill and a tail race. A bottom vignette illustrates cowboys and Native Americans in a landscape. The reverse side includes a Trustee's Certificate issued by The Farmers' Loan and Trust Company of New York, confirming the bond's terms.