Objects of Our Affection - February 2020

Grafton Tyler Brown was one of the first African American lithographers in the American West during the mid to late 19th Century. He was one of the fi

Bodie, CA. Incorp August 1878. Stock no. 4578 I/U, issued to F.E. Luty Trustee for 50 shares on November 27, 1885. Signed Warren Holt president. Blac

Bodie, CA. Number 2279 I/U, for 30 shares issued to Willing Company, trustees. Signed by secretary William H. Lent (of Lent Shaft fame in Bodie) and p

Never seen by us. This company operated on Poor Man's Ledge near Spanishtown (now Yankee Hill) in Butte County in 1857. A July 31, 1857 Daily Al...

Cert. #37, issued for 900 shares in 1889. A vignette of a miner working next to a river at the left. Black print on creme. A. Buswell, S.F. printer. U

Extra rare and very early. Incorporated October 29, 1862. No. 649, issued for 4 shares to SC Bigelow on July 13, 1863 in San Francisco. Signed by secr

"Calaveras County" printed under title. No. 95 for 100 shares issued to Sylvester Bowman on April 25th, 1865 in Mokelumne Hill. Signed by ...

Inc. in California. Certificate No. 2667, issued for one share to Alfred Bell. No date listed, however most likely between 1852 and 1853 as date on th

California Gold Rush Collectible. Most of these are badly soiled. Certificate No. 192, made out to John Bensley for one share. Datelined Columbia, Mar

With a William Keith woodblock vignette! Diablo District, Contra Costa County (printed under title). Inc. May 26th, 1863. No. 100, issued for fifteen

Rare dateline of Antioch, California. Issued for 10 shares in 1887. Issued to Peter Donlon and signed by J.P. Abbott as president and J. Rio Baker as

With a William Keith woodblock vignette! Clayton Mining District, Contra Costa County, Cal. (printed along the top). Inc. May 13, 1863. No. 20, issued

Possibly Copperopolis in Calaveras County. Not in any of our indexes. No information found on newspapers.com or CDNC. Inc. in New York. Low number 11,

Del Norte County, California (printed under the title). Inc. in 1871. no. 17, issued for 800 shares to company president William H. Knight on June 11t

Location printed in the text: Red Mountain District, El Dorado County. Inc. July 1863. No. 27, issued for 100 shares to HP Balinger on Oct. 12th, 1863

Cert. #596, issued for 100 shares in 1870 to Chas. Throckmorton. Signed by John McCoy as secretary and Berringham (illeg) as president. Two fabulous m

Eureka Quartz Mining Company stock certificate, No. 97, for five shares of capital stock. Issued to William Jenkins of Baltimore. Dateline 24 January

Extremely rare Gold Rush era; 2-3 known. Grass Valley, Nevada Co., Cal (printed under title). Dateline Grass Valley, Nevada Co., Cal., July 24th, 1855

No. 88, issued for $500 in 1890. Four coupons attached. Signed by president Shorcraft(?) and secretary Littlefield. Not cancelled. Green border and se

Incorp. 1906 South Dakota. Cert. #1727, I/U, issued in 1906 to P.J. Cadagan & Co. for 100 shares. Signed by Malcolm Macdonald as president. Blac...