Subject: Land settlement

Stock certificate for one share in the United States Freehold Land and Emigration Company, issued to Wertheim and Gompertz on July 15, 1871, in New York City. The certificate, number 323, is signed by President C.A. Lambard and Secretary William H. Reynolds and features a vignette of a steam locomotive and workers. Printed by Major & Knapp. The company, established in 1869, promoted emigration to the Costilla Estate (500,000 acres) in Colorado and New Mexico's San Luis Valley.