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Publisher:
Printed by Andr. Clark, for J. Martyn, and H. Herringman, at the Bell in St. Paul's Church-yard, and at the Blue Anchor in the lower walk of the New Exchange
A stock certificate issued during the period of the South Sea Bubble mania. Such certificates were often depicted in contemporary prints as being blown away from the hands of investors by the wind of changing fortune.
Description:
Blanks filled in: No. 921, June 13, 1720. Enter’d per MJ. Jno. Hayles, secretary.
Publisher:
s.n
Subject (Geographic):
Bremen (Germany : Duchy), Germany --Commerce --Great Britain, Great Britain --Commerce --Germany, Hamburg (Germany), and Hannover (Germany)
Subject (Topic):
Lumber trade --Germany, Lumber trade --Great Britain, Mercantile system --Great Britain --History --18th century, South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720, and Stock certificates --Specimens
Dividend receipt addressed "To Mr. Lockyer accomptant at the South Sea house" and annotated in the lower right by "Rich. Sarum". The body of the document reads: "Pray pay to the bearer Mr. Daniel Gell my share of the midsumer [sic] dividend due on two...
Description:
The South Sea Company was granted a monopoly to supply African slaves to the islands in the South Seas and South America. The stock rose quickly until around 1720 when it collapsed (known as the South Sea Bubble).
