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Very Early Delaware and Schuylkill Canal Navigation

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Album containing approx. 70 vintage postcards: related to: Cape Cod Canal, ships in the canal, bridges, 20 cards are later 20th c. The rest are early 20th century, some of which are rare. Overall good condition, no notable issues.

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HENRY MIDDLETON Colonial Currency SC. April 1775: Famous Signers on Colonial Currency "Henry Middleton" Signed South Carolina Colonial Note President of the Continental Congress HENRY MIDDLETON (1717-1784). President of the Continental Congress from

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1777 North Carolina Documented Counterfeit Currency Legal Case With Prison Escape Assisted by Lawman: North Carolina Currency 1777 North Carolina Document Regarding a Counterfeit Currency Case - With Prison Escape Assisted by Lawman! September 20, 1777-Dated Revolutionary War Period, Manuscript Docume

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Very Early Delaware and Schuylkill Canal Navigation

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Stock certificate for the Delaware and Schuylkill Canal Navigation out of Philadelphia August 4, 1792, issued to Robert Andrews Certificate No. 9 for one share boldly signed by Robert Morris as president. Not cancelled, but holes around signature. Large tear upper left, rip lower left has been taped. Morris, one of the most influential financiers of the new United States of America and signer of the Declaration of Independence. The canal flows for 135 miles from Pottsville to PhiladelphiaDate: 1792Country (if not USA): State: PennsylvaniaCity: Provenance: Ken Prag Collection

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Very Early Delaware and Schuylkill Canal Navigation

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