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Judson Manufacturing Company Bond Signed By Egbert Judson

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Judson Manufacturing Company Bond Signed By Egbert Judson
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1887, California. $500 bond bearing 6% interest. BrownBlack. Lovely vignette of a sunset over San Francisco bay with tugboats and ships. Litho. Signed as president of the company by EGBERT JUDSON (1812 – 1893). Inventor and manufacturer of explosives. Judson is said to have maintained the first assay house in San Francisco in 1852. In 1867 He was one of the organizers of the San Francisco Chemical Works which became Judson & Sheppard. During that year, 3 pounds of dynamite were developed and successfully tested in a trial blast of bolders. This is widely considered to be the first manufacture and use of dynamite in the United States following Alfred Nobel’s invention in 1866. Following the success of the initial trials, Judson formed the Giant Powder Company and the Judson Powder Company, patenting “Giant Powder, No. 2” in 1873 which became synonomous for dynamite in the United States. Signed on verso as a trustee of the company by HENRY LEE DODGE (1825 – 1901). Prominent San Francisco politician and businessman, Dodge co-founded the Fireman’s Fund, served as superintendent of the United States Mint in San Francisco and was a long time president of the Society of California Pioneers. Uncancelled and Extremely Fine.