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OBJECT TYPE: STOCK/FIFTY SHARES
DATE: 1884
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1966.0696.001

MANUFACTURER: MARITIME STEAM LITHOGRAPH CO.
MODEL: CARAQUET RAILWAY
LOCATION: St. John, New Brunswick, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 62
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PAPER & INK, WITH WAX SEAL.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 23.2 cm
Width: 33.0 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Railway Transportation
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: MARITIME
Country: Canada
State/Province: New Brunswick
City: St. John

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: New Brunswick
Period: THIS CERTIFICATE ISSUED IN 1884.
Canada: EXAMPLE OF STOCK CERTIFICATE ISSUED TO SHAREHOLDERS IN THE CARAQUET RAILWAY CO. THIS CERTIFICATE, FOR FIFTY SHARES OF CAPITAL STOCK VALUED AT $50.00 PER SHARE, WAS ISSUED IN 1884, 10 YEARS AFTER THE RAILWAY'S INCORPORATION. IN 1911 THE COMPANY BECAME KNOWN AS THE CARAQUET & GULF SHORE.
Function: REPRESENTS A PART OR PORTION OF A COMPANY OWNED BY AN INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Certificate face reads in part: " No. 62 50 Shares/ The Caraquet Railway Company/ CAPITAL $ 950.000, SHARES $50 EACH./ INCORPORATED BY ACT OF ASSEMBLY, PROVINCE OF NEW BRUNSWICK 1874 ". Issued to " William Walsh Esq. ". " MARITIME STEAM LITH, CO. ST. JOHN, N.B. " printed at bottom of certificate, above border. Certificate back reads in part: " The Caraquet Railway Company...For Value received, I hereby sell and assign...Fifty Shares of the Stock....1912. " For complete transcript of markings, see photocopy of certificate in supp. info. file.
Missing: NONE- CERTIFICATE IS COMPLETE IN ITSELF.
Finish: BLACK INK ON OFF-WHITE PAPER. RED SEAL ON FRONT & REVERSE OF CERTIFICATE.
Decoration: CERTIFICATE FACE BEARS DECORATIVE PRINTED BORDER, AND STYLIZED ILLUSTRATION OF LOCOMOTIVE. SOMEPORTIONS OF HANDWRITTEN TEXT HIGHLIGHTED BY RED INK.

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MARITIME STEAM LITHOGRAPH CO., Certificate, circa 1884, Artifact no. 1966.0696, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0696.001/

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