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Merchants & Mechanics Bank of Wheeling, 1830's Proof Stock Certificate

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Merchants & Mechanics Bank of Wheeling, 1830's Proof Stock Certificate
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Wheeling, Virginia, (it became Wheeling, West Virginia in 1861), ND (1830's). Odd Shares Proof Stock Certificate, Black text with black border, Allegorical cherub Hermes at top center. India paper mounted on cardstock. VF condition with light glue staining, Printed by Underwood, Bald & Spencer. Wheeling was established as a town in 1795 and incorporated in 1836 through a Charter granted by the Virginia Assembly. Wheeling was loyal to the Federal Government during the Civil War and the State of West Virginia was born here. The first convention of the delegates from the loyal counties of northwestern Virginia met in Wheeling on May 13, 1861, and inaugurated the movement which finally resulted in the admission of West Virginia into the Union as a state on June 20, 1863. Rare if not unique proof stock certificate.