Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 [Certificate for one share of "Hudson River Steam-Boat Stock."]

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GLC#
GLC04333
Type
Documents
Date
1814/08/01
Author/Creator
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815
Title
[Certificate for one share of "Hudson River Steam-Boat Stock."]
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
1 p. : note Height: 12 cm, Width: 16.9 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Age of Jefferson & Madison

Certificate, signed by Fulton, entitling Cadwallader D. Colden to one share of "Hudson River Steam Boat Stock" upon payment of $500. Certificate refers to May 13, 1814, articles of agreement and August 1, 1814 memorandum of agreement between Fulton and Colden and contains receipt, acknowledging payment of $250. Colden (1769-1834), Robert Fulton's friend, lawyer, and first biographer, later became mayor of New York and a U.S. congressman. He also headed the syndicate that purchased the Hudson River Steamboat Company after Fulton's death in 1815. Accompanied by unrelated manuscript receipt, dated February 22, 1824, for shipment of freight on the "Steam Boat Charlotte."

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