BOSTON & - YORK CHICKASAW LAND CO Stock 1846. Chickasaw Indian Land Co. RARE
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Boston& New-York Chickasaw Land Company. Stock issued on August 18, 1846 in Boston, Massachusetts. Certificate No. 147 was issued toEdward Crehone for 20 shares of capital stock ($500 per share).Company capital was $500, 000. Original ink signatures of companypresident Marsh (?) Healey and secretary B. D. Whitney. Certificatewas transferred on the reverse side from Edward Crehone to companypresident Marsh Healey in 1850 (both men’s signatures). Certificateis about 4” x 8”. Sm...all vignette left center of an AmericanIndian.
Condition:Very Fine, light vertical folds, light creasing, no tears, minorsigns of wear/handling/discoloration, Uncancelled.Printer: "Moore, successor to Pendleton, Boston".
CompanyHistory:TheBoston & New York Chickasaw Land Company was involved with theauctions of cheap Indian lands as a result of cessions of land by theChoctaw and Chickasaw Indians. The company represented investors andspeculators from New York, Boston, and other New Englanders. Althougha Boston company, the land was in Mississippi. The Chickasaw Indiantribe lived in northern Mississippi, and were considered one of the'five civilized tribes' of Oklahoma. They were enemies of the Frenchbut friends of the British, and were fierce fighters.
TheChickasaw Indians originated in its homeland of the AmericanSoutheast, with territory in what are defined as modern-dayMississippi, Tennessee, Alabama and Kentucky. The Chickasaw remainedin their Homeland of western Kentucky, western Tennessee, northernMississippi and northwest Alabama until the 1830s. After decades ofincreasing pressure by federal and state governments to cede theirland, as European Americans were eager to move into their territoryand had already begun to do so as squatters or under fraudulent landsales, the Chickasaw finally agreed to cede their remainingMississippi Homeland to the US under the Treaty of Pontotoc Creek andrelocate west of the Mississippi River to Indian Territory. Thedivision of the Choctaw lands was ratified by the Choctaw–ChickasawTreaty of 1854. The Chickasaw constitution, establishing the nationas separate from the Choctaw, was signed August 30, 1856, in theirnew capital of Tishomingo (now Tishomingo, Oklahoma). The firstChickasaw governor was Cyrus Harris. Following the Civil War, theUnited States forced the Chickasaw Nation into a new peace treaty dueto their support for the Confederacy. Under the new treaty, theChickasaw (and Choctaw) ceded the "Leased District" to theUnited States.
PAYMENTAND SHIPPING Please read certificate description details shown above before bidding. Please contact me with any questions before bidding. Payment by PayPal only. Shipping within the U.S. is by USPS First Class Mail ($4.00 for packages weighing 13 ounces or less) – shipping for packages weighing over 13 ounces will be shown on your invoice. If another shipping method is requested, a revised invoice will be sent. International buyers need to wait for my invoice before paying. Combined shipping cost will be offered for multiple items won – please wait for invoice before paying, or if specific shipping method or insurance is requested. Multiple items will be shipped together in one package. All packages will be shipped with certificates placed in plastic sleeves with cardboard backing and marked “Do Not Bend”. I do not profit on shipping costs charged. Items typically shipped within two days of payment.RETURNSAND GUARANTEE: Buyer satisfaction and authenticity of certificate is guaranteed – returns are accepted with 14 days of purchase (buyer pays return shipping cost unless item received is not as described in this listing). All certificates are originals – no reproductions.
Condition:Very Fine, light vertical folds, light creasing, no tears, minorsigns of wear/handling/discoloration, Uncancelled.Printer: "Moore, successor to Pendleton, Boston".
CompanyHistory:TheBoston & New York Chickasaw Land Company was involved with theauctions of cheap Indian lands as a result of cessions of land by theChoctaw and Chickasaw Indians. The company represented investors andspeculators from New York, Boston, and other New Englanders. Althougha Boston company, the land was in Mississippi. The Chickasaw Indiantribe lived in northern Mississippi, and were considered one of the'five civilized tribes' of Oklahoma. They were enemies of the Frenchbut friends of the British, and were fierce fighters.
TheChickasaw Indians originated in its homeland of the AmericanSoutheast, with territory in what are defined as modern-dayMississippi, Tennessee, Alabama and Kentucky. The Chickasaw remainedin their Homeland of western Kentucky, western Tennessee, northernMississippi and northwest Alabama until the 1830s. After decades ofincreasing pressure by federal and state governments to cede theirland, as European Americans were eager to move into their territoryand had already begun to do so as squatters or under fraudulent landsales, the Chickasaw finally agreed to cede their remainingMississippi Homeland to the US under the Treaty of Pontotoc Creek andrelocate west of the Mississippi River to Indian Territory. Thedivision of the Choctaw lands was ratified by the Choctaw–ChickasawTreaty of 1854. The Chickasaw constitution, establishing the nationas separate from the Choctaw, was signed August 30, 1856, in theirnew capital of Tishomingo (now Tishomingo, Oklahoma). The firstChickasaw governor was Cyrus Harris. Following the Civil War, theUnited States forced the Chickasaw Nation into a new peace treaty dueto their support for the Confederacy. Under the new treaty, theChickasaw (and Choctaw) ceded the "Leased District" to theUnited States.
PAYMENTAND SHIPPING Please read certificate description details shown above before bidding. Please contact me with any questions before bidding. Payment by PayPal only. Shipping within the U.S. is by USPS First Class Mail ($4.00 for packages weighing 13 ounces or less) – shipping for packages weighing over 13 ounces will be shown on your invoice. If another shipping method is requested, a revised invoice will be sent. International buyers need to wait for my invoice before paying. Combined shipping cost will be offered for multiple items won – please wait for invoice before paying, or if specific shipping method or insurance is requested. Multiple items will be shipped together in one package. All packages will be shipped with certificates placed in plastic sleeves with cardboard backing and marked “Do Not Bend”. I do not profit on shipping costs charged. Items typically shipped within two days of payment.RETURNSAND GUARANTEE: Buyer satisfaction and authenticity of certificate is guaranteed – returns are accepted with 14 days of purchase (buyer pays return shipping cost unless item received is not as described in this listing). All certificates are originals – no reproductions.
