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Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road, 1795, Issued Stock Certificate Signed by William Bingham.

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Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road, 1795, Issued Stock Certificate Signed by William Bingham.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 16th, 1795. 1 Share Issued Stock Certificate Issued to Samuel Breck (a wealthy merchant who lived beside Boston Commons). Samuel Breck whose son, also named Samuel Breck, was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district from 1823 to 1825. The stock is also signed by William Bingham as president of the Turnpike. in the 1780s, after his return to Philadelphia, Bingham was elected speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1790. From 1795 to 1801, Bingham served as a United States senator. By reputation Bingham was the wealthiest man in America, a view reinforced in 1800 when he was assessed the highest tax of anyone in Philadelphia. He was the founder of Binghamton, New York, owner of large tracts of oil land in Pennsylvania, and the first president of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Corporation.