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Mariposa,CA - September 16, 1852 - Philadelphia and California Mining Company Stock :

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Mariposa,CA - September 16, 1852 - Philadelphia and California Mining Company Stock :
Unknown date of incorporation. Cert. # 1775, issued to Theodore Walter in 1852 for 50 shares. Signed by Pearson Serria, president, and L. Alter, secretary. Center vignette of miners working a rock face on a hillside, with log cabin and pine tr4ees in the background. A small vignette at bottom of a dog guarding a safe. Black Greek-design border on crème paper. Uncancelled. Printer: E. Grattan, at Third and Walnuts Sts., (Philadelphia). 8 x 9.5.” Trimmed tight at left. At one time John C. Fremont was president of this company. In 1851, he wrote a letter to the company stating that he was granting them a large tract of valuable property on the Mariposa Estate [Expeditions of J. C. Fremont, v. 3 277-8].