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South Mills Co., 1866 I/U Stock Certificate, Notorious for Horace Greely being Scammed by a Southern

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Certificates Start Price:120.00 USD Estimated At:180.00 - 280.00 USD
South Mills Co., 1866 I/U Stock Certificate, Notorious for Horace Greely being Scammed by a Southern
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New York, December 7th, 1866, 10 Shares, I/U, Liberty portrait on left, slaves on wagon carrying cotton bales, S/N 34, Extremely rare and interesting certificate. Horace Greely invested in the company to form an area for freed slaves to own their own land and be able to make a living off the land. The company was supposed to purchase 4 square miles of land in the South. In the end, all that was purchased was a small tract of useless swamp. Historic scam stock certificate with an interesting story.