Archives International Auctions Auction 88 October 24, 2023

Archives International Auctions - Sale 88 112 October 24, 2023 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 559 559 Mother Lode Copper Mines of Alaska, 1916 Specimen Bond. Alaska (Inc. in Washington). $100, 1st Mortgage 6% 10 Year Gold Coupon Bond, Brown border, Abraham Lincoln portrait in oval frame over title, this was the only example of the $100 found in the ABN archives in 2002. Rare Alaska mining company. VF. ABNC. ����� Est. $150-250 560 560 Spirit Mountain Copper Co. (property in Alaska) 1911 I/U Stock Certificate Alaska (Inc. in AZ). 1911, 5 Shares I/U Preferred Stock Certificate. Black text and border, no underprint. No vignette. S/N 76, XF condition. �������������������� Est. $75-150 Alaska & New Mexico 561 561 Nome-Montana-New Mexico Mining Co. Consolidated, 1911 I/U $50 Bond. Alaska and New Mexico. (Inc. in Wisconsin). $50, I/U 7% Gold Coupon Bond, VF, Eagle in middle, Burnt orange border on light green underprint, coupons attached. S/N 669, VF. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $70-120 Arizona Territory 562 562 Philadelphia and Arizona Mining Co. 1868 I/U Stock Certificate Wauba-Yuma District, Arizona Territory (Inc. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). Philadelphia and Arizona Mining Co. 1868, 500 Shares I/U Stock Certificate. Black ink with ornate black border. Pennsylvania arms of two horses flanking coat of arms at center of certificate. Low certificate number, 89. VF-XF condition. Signed by Morris Perot as president. Thomas Morris Perot, merchant, born in Philadelphia, 8 May, 1828. He is the grandson of Elliston Perot, a noted Philadelphia merchant, and a descendant of Anthony Morris. He early entered the retail drug business, subsequently was graduated at the Philadelphia college of pharmacy, and in 1850 established himself in business as a wholesale druggist and manufacturing chemist, in which he has acquired wealth; but he is more widely known for his philanthropic works. In 1861 he was the president of the Mercantile library company of Philadelphia, Mr. Perot bore an active part in founding the Woman’s medical college in Philadelphia, the first institution of the kind in the world, and has been for many years its president. ������������������������������� Est. $140-280