COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, A REPUBLICAN INSTITUTION, CERTIFICATE. BE IT KNOWN, THAT MR. WILLIAM B. BRADFORD, OF BOSTON IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK AND COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS IS THE SOLE PROPRIETOR OF ONE SHARE, VIZ: NO. THIRTY SIX IN A REPUBLICAN INSTITUTION IN THE TOWN OF BOSTON, SUBJECT TO THE BY-LAWS, AND SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AS MAY BE ADOPTED BY THE MEMBERS AT ANY MEETING LEGALLY HOLDEN FOR THAT PURPOSE, WHICH SHARE IS TRANSFERABLE BY ENDORSEMENT TO BE MADE AGREEABLY TO THE 16TH ARTICLE OF THE BY-LAWS.
Boston: 1821 [1 December]. Broadsheet, oblong 8" x 10." Seal and blue ribbon intact in the left blank margin. A variety of type fonts and sizes, completed in ink manuscript. Engraving of Screaming Eagle with shield, "E Pluribus Unum" banner, and arrows. Signed in ink by H. Dearborn as President..... More