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Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua 1892 I/U Stock Certificate

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Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua 1892 I/U Stock Certificate
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Nicaragua and the United States, January 21st, 1892. 2 Shares I/U Capital Stock Certificate, S/N 0280, Black text with black border, Eagle with spread wings at top center. VF condition with toning, ABNC. The Maritime Canal Company was incorporated by an act of U.S. Congress in 1889 for the purpose of constructing a transisthmian canal through Nicaragua. When Congress incorporated the Maritime Canal Company, it excluded the government from any fiscal responsibilities. The project began on 23 March 1887, when Aniceto G. Menocal, a civil engineer with the U.S. Navy, negotiated an agreement with the Nicaraguan government that allowed his company to construct a canal within a ten-year period and to own it for ninety-nine years, after which it would revert to Nicaragua. Construction began at Greytown in 1889, and by 1893 the company had spent approximately $4 million on dredging the Greytown harbor, clearing the jungle, and other preliminary work. The project then collapsed owing to a lack of continued funding, corruption, and Nicaragua's political turmoil. Menocal's project officially came to an end in 1899, when the Maritime Canal Company defaulted on its contract. Rare early Panama Canal related stock certificate and first time offered by us.