City of Philadelphia, United States of America, State of Pennsylvania. Loan of the city of Philadelphia. Certificate No. [blank] Six per cent loan. : This Certifies that there is due to [blank] by the city of Philadelphia [blank] Dollars with interest at the rate of six per centum per annum, payable half yearly, on the first days of January and July. The principal not reimbursable without the consent of the owner hereof, before the first day of [blank] 18[blank]. This Certificate shall be transferable at the Office of the City Treasurer by the owner in person, or by Attorney upon the surrender thereof to the Treasurer. In Witness whereof, the Treasurer of the said City has hereunto set his hand and caused the Seal of the City of Philadelphia, to be hereunto annexed, the [blank] day of [blank] 18[blank] and the Controller has attested the same on the same day and year.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Henderson, John N.

Lindsay, John.

Philadelphia (Pa.)

Philadelphia (Pa.). Office of the City Controller.

Philadelphia (Pa.). Office of the City Treasurer.

Draper, Welsh & Co.

Sunbury and Erie Rail Road Company.

Miscellaneous Print Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bonds--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Bonds.

Debts, Public--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Debts, Public.

Municipal bonds.

Public debt--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Genre:

Certificates.

Bonds (Negotiable instruments)

Physical Description:

1 sheet ([1] page) : illustrations ; 23 x 38 cm

Other Title:

Text (completed in ms.) begins: City of Philadelphia, United States of America, State of Pennsylvania. Loan of the city of Philadelphia. Certificate No. 2145 Six per cent loan. This Certifies that there is due to Adah H. Voorhees by the city of Philadelphia Five Hundred Dollars with interest at the rate of six per centum per annum, payable half yearly, on the first days of January and July. The principal not reimbursable without the consent of the owner hereof, before the first day of January 1892. This Certificate shall be transferable at the Office of the City Treasurer by the owner in person, or by Attorney upon the surrender thereof to the Treasurer. In Witness whereof, the Treasurer of the said City has hereunto set his hand and caused the Seal of the City of Philadelphia, to be hereunto annexed, the Second day of January 1855 and the Controller has attested the same on the same day and year. PU

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Draper, Welsh & Co., Philada. Exchange, [1855]

Summary:

Bond issued containing an upper central vignette and smaller, bordering vignettes. Central vignette depicts the State House, old City Hall and Congress Hall. View includes pedestrian traffic. Border vignettes depict framed, bust-length portraits of George Washington, Henry Clay, Benjamin Franklin and William Penn and vignettes symbolic of work and commerce. Vignettes show a blacksmith leaning on his anvil, a peasant woman carrying a bundle of wheat on her head, a locomotive, and a scene on a dock with a shipping merchant and a ship's captain conversing in front of stevedores loading a horse-drawn cart. Also includes a vignette view of the Wire Bridge at Fairmount (removed 1874) and an ornamental border.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center copy attested John N. Henderson, City Controller and John Lindsay, City Treasurer; with punch cancellations through both signatures.

Kislak Center copy has stamp: Loan to Sunbury & Erie Rail Road Co.

OCLC:

1392288190