Stock certificate for forty shares in the Bank of the United States issued to N.M. Rothschild, 1834 Oct. 23.

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Stock certificate for forty shares in the Bank of the United States issued to N.M. Rothschild, 1834 Oct. 23.

The collection consists of a stock certificate entitling N.M. Rothschild of London to forty shares of capital stock in the Bank of the United States, dated 23 Oct. 1834. The certificate is no. 40730, and is signed by cashier S. Landon and President N. Biddle. On the verso is a legal transfer, via Power of Attorney, to Rothschild, signed by R.A.J. Phillips, dated 2 Jan. 1837.

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