Pennsylvania Population Company and North River Petroleum Company stock certificates, 1793-1865.

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Pennsylvania Population Company and North River Petroleum Company stock certificates, 1793-1865.

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This collection consists of two stock certificates. One is supplied by the Pennsylvania Population Company (1793) to Robert Morris and signed by President John Nicholson. Morris and Nicholson were partners in speculating. It was printed by Francis Bailey. The other stock certificate is to Francis N. Gove for 250 shares of the North River Petroleum Company in Warren County, Pennsylvania (1865) and is signed by President Henry N. Morgan. It was printed by C.O. Jones and has a United States "entry of goods" 25-cent revenue stamp affixed (Scott #R45, 1862-71 issues).

2 stock certificates.

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7241593

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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Morris, Robert, 1734-1806

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Robert Morris, Jr. (January 20, 1734 – May 8, 1806) was an English-born merchant and a Founding Father of the United States. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, the Second Continental Congress, and the United States Senate, and he was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution. From 1781 to 1784, he served as the Superintendent of Finance of the United States, becoming known as the "Financier of the Revolution...

North River Petroleum Company

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Morgan, Henry N.

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Nicholson, John, 1757-1800

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Land speculator. From the description of John Nicholson papers, 1795 16 Feb.-10 Mar. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70953089 Financier and land speculator. From the description of John Nicholson family papers, 1786-1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981679 Pennsylvania state official and land promoter. From the description of ALS : to Thomas Mifflin, 1791 Nov. 8. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat reco...

Bailey, Francis, 1735?-1815

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Printer at Lancaster, Philadelphia, Sadsbury, and Octoraro, Pa. From the guide to the Check written to Francis Bailey, 1779, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Jones, C. O. (Charles O.)

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Pennsylvania Population Company

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The Pennsylvania Population Company owned and sought to sell and settle enormous tracts of northwest Pennsylvania land after the American Revolution; the North River Petroleum Company was incorporated in 1865 during the oil rush in northwest Pennsylvania. From the description of Pennsylvania Population Company and North River Petroleum Company stock certificates, 1793-1865. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 272356921 ...

Gove, Francis N. (Francis Norwood), 1829-1901

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