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Planters' Labor & Supply Co. Stock Issued to A.J. Cartwright, Inventor of Baseball (101523)

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Planters' Labor & Supply Co. Stock Issued to  A.J. Cartwright, Inventor of Baseball  (101523)
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Inc. March 20, 1882. No. 119, issued for five shares to Alex. J. Cartwright on Oct. 11, 1882. Signed by president Samuel T. Alexander and secretary EP Adams. Not cancelled. Black border and print. Small vignette of farmer. Signed by Cartwright on the reverse. Folds, toning. 6 x 9.75" Alexander J. Cartwright is considered to be the "father of baseball" having been the first to diagram a baseball diamond and creating rules that were incorporated from his Knickerbocker firefighter "town ball" club in New York during the 1840s. Cartwright moved to the Hawaiian Islands after heading to California during the Gold Rush. He served as Honolulu fire chief from 1850-1863 and encouraged the monarchy to bring the game of baseball to Hawaii. He died in 1892. In March 1882, the sugar growers of the Kingdom of Hawaii met at the Chamber of Commerce in Honolulu and formed The Planters’ Labor and Supply Company. The Planters’ Monthly was the official journal of this organization. In 1895, this company became the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Ken Prag Collection

Date: 1882
City/County: Honolulu
State: Hawaii