Name/Title
Certificate, StockEntry/Object ID
2025.7.19Description
Stock certificate number 48 dated 03/18/1876 for 5,000 shares at $100 each of the capital stock of the Loretto Mining Company, located in Inyo County, California. This was purchased or given to the company's secretary, [W. G. or N. G.] Hughes and signed by both him and G. H. Willard, the company President.
The Loretto Mining Company was incorporated 12/13/1875. This stock certificate was printed by noted African American lithographer G. T. Brown of San Francisco. The location is said to have been in the Darwin area.
Signed on reverse with "N. G. Hughes, Trustee."Collection
William Michael CollectionProvenance
Notes
Purchased from Holabird auction in October 2025. From the Douglas McDonald Collection.
