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Auction: 319 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the Americas
Lot: 3251

Bessemer Land and Impovement Co. (AL) $100 shares, 188[8], #1785, issued to its founder H. Bardeleben, ornate heading incorporating vignette of steam train passing through pastoral scene with cattle in foreground, ornate border, printed by M F Dunn & Bro., black, cancelled, very light stain to right corner, AEF

Bessemer city was created by industrialist Henry Fairchild DeBardeleben, who bought around 4000 acres of land and in 1886 built a number of furnaces to take advantage of the strong iron and steel resources in the area. Many companies then started to look to Bessemer for relocation and DeBardeleben founded the Bessemer Land and Improvement Company to survey land and plan streets, parks and sell lots to the growing population.

Estimate
$80 to $100