Francis Hopkinson signed Bill of Exchange. Francis Hopkinson, signer of the Declaration of Independence, signs this bill of exchange as Treasurer of Loans. Francis Hopkinson (September 21, 1737 – May 9, 1791), an American author, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence as a delegate from New Jersey. He later served as a federal judge in Pennsylvania. His supporters believe he played a key role in the design of the first American flag.
Francis Hopkinson was born at Philadelphia in 1737, the son of Thomas Hopkinson and Mary Johnson. He became a member of the first class at the College of Philadelphia (now University of Pennsylvania) in 1751 and graduated in 1757, receiving his masters degree in 1760, and a doctor in law (honorary) in 1790. He was secretary to a Provincial Council of Pennsylvania Indian commission in 1761 that made a treaty with the Delaware and several Iroquois tribes. In 1763, he was appointed customs collector for Salem, New Jersey. Hopkinson spent from May 1766 to August 1767 in England in hopes of becoming commissioner of customs for North America.
Although unsuccessful, he spent time with the future Prime Minister Lord North and his half-brother, the Bishop of Worcester Brownlow North, and painter Benjamin West. After his return, Francis Hopkinson operated a dry goods business in Philadelphia and married Ann Borden on September 1, 1768. They would have five children. Hopkinson obtained a public appointment as a customs collector for New Castle, Delaware on May 1, 1772. He moved to Bordentown, New Jersey in 1774, became an assemblyman for the state's Royal Provincial Council, and was admitted to the New Jersey bar on May 8, 1775. He resigned his crown-appointed positions in 1776 and, on June 22, went on to represent New Jersey in the Second Continental Congress where he signed the Declaration of Independence. He departed the Congress on November 30, 1776 to serve on the Navy Board at Philadelphia. As part of the fledgling nation's government, he was treasurer of the Continental Loan Office in 1778; appointed judge of the Admiralty Court of Pennsylvania in 1779 and reappointed in 1780 and 1787; and helped ratify the Constitution during the constitutional convention in 1787.
On September 24, 1789, he was nominated by President George Washington to the newly created position of judge of the United States District Court for the District of Pennsylvania. He was confirmed by the United States Senate, and received his commission, on September 26, 1789. As a federal judge, Hopkinson died in Philadelphia at the age of 53 from a sudden epileptic seizure. He was buried in Christ Church Burial Ground in Philadelphia. He was the father of Joseph Hopkinson, member of the United States House of Representatives and Federal judge.
Condition: Excellent
State: Maryland
Years: 1779
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By 1889 steel production in the U.S. was first in the world, and in 1901 he sold his company, Carnegie Company to the U.S. Steel Corporation for $250 million. The Carnegie Foundation of New York donated millions to scientific research, the advancement of teaching, the furthering of international peace, and the reward of heroic acts. The foundation is well known for building public libraries. This historic bond is dated 1901, the very year that he sold his company.
Security National Aircraft Corporation stock. Llithograph by Jeffries Banknote Co., Los Angeles.
Leland Stanford signs Railroad Deed
Portrait and biography included.
John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States. Appointed director of the Bureau of Investigation—predecessor to the FBI—in 1924, he was instrumental in founding the FBI in 1935, where he remained director until his death in 1972.
Trinidad Coal and Coking Company
Treasury Office Document dated 1789 showing exchange of various Revolutionary War Army Notes that were presented in exchange of "Certificates in pursuance of an Act of the General Assembly passed in May 1789."
This rare certificate certifies that the owner has “claim #-- on Tract A. Section --, Lot -- of the Bull & Bear Gold Mining Co. located on the Nenana River in Alaska as indicated on Alaska State Land Survey No. 79-237. This is north of Mount McKinley and states so on the certificate.
Hinson Car Coupler Company stock. Des Moines, Iowa.
Collectible First National Bank of Morristown check signed by Thomas Nast.
Born in the barracks of Landau, Germany (now in Rhine Palatinate), Nast was the son of a trombonist in the 9th regiment Bavarian band. The elder Nast's socialist political convictions put him at odds with the Bavarian government, and in 1846 he left Landau, enlisting first on a French man-of-war and subsequently on an American ship. He sent his wife and children to New York City, and at the end of his enlistment in 1849 he joined them there.
Collectible Essex County Volunteer War Bond.
State of Massachusetts Bay Bond. Commodities Bond. 6% interest.
Portrait and biography included.
10 shares of $10 Bangor Mill & Manufacturing Co. stock.
A pair of $1,000 bond and an Agreement and coupons relating to the payment of the interest in London on the Mississippi State Bond. 6%, 1833. Signed by the Governor. 
Collectible 1552 Document. 
This collectible, old $10 share stock Bangor Mill & Manufacturing stock is very rare. Printer-Draper & Toppan, Longacre & Co, Phila. & NY. 
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Certificate of Public Debt of the Late Republic of Texas.
Collectible 1925 Louisiana Certificate of Indebtedness
July 4th, 1861 Civil War Patriotic Ribbon. Rare! Minor flaws, but a quite nice Civil War collectble!
Collectible Germantown, Norristown & Phoenixville Rail Road Company stock.
Collectible Waverly & New York Bay Railroad Company stock.
On Tuesday, November 24, 1987 Sotheby’s of London auctioned a large archive of Confederate bonds. The lot was described as “A major and extremely extensive archive of unredeemed bearer bonds issued by the Confederate States of America between 1861 and 1864, comprising over 87,000 individual certificates for numerous Loans authorized by Acts of The Confederate Congress.” This exceptional holding represented the entire surviving portfolio of Confederate Bonds. controlled by United Kingdom Trustees since the 1880s. The original objective of the Trustees was to get the Southern States debt paid following the Civil War. Of course, this dream had long since been abandoned.
Uncut $3/$4/$5/$10 Bank of Washington Sheet. American Bank Note Company. NY. The $3 and $4 bills are especially nice! It should be noted that this is among the most beautiful of uncut sheets.
A stock of unusual topic! Odd-Fellows Hall Association of Allentown, PA