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Auction: 313 - Numismatic Collector's Series - Ft. Worth, TX
Lot: 2011

A Republican Institution (MA), One share, Boston, 1821, #16, signed by Henry Dearborn as president, American eagle with shield and "e pluribus unum" banner, magnificent wax and paper seal of liberty in cloud over all-seeing eye, original blue silk ribbon, printed by True and Green, Merchant´s Hall, Boston, fold wear, light offsetting, but one of the finest examples we know of, about VF+. Henry Dearborn (1751-1829) had been US Secretary of War under Thomas Jefferson, but his poor showing during the War of 1812 had tarnished his military reputation. According to its 1819 charter, A Republican Institution was formed "for the purpose of procuring a building, and keeping it in repair, with suitable apartments for a reading room, library, and the meeting of said society..."

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