Bank of the United States

Date

1793

Location

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Amount

$2,400

Signatures

  • Ocker Gevaerts of Dordrecht

Description

This stock certificate issued for the Bank of the United States (number 1668) represents six shares. This was the first bank of the United States with George Washington residing as its first acting president and Alexander Hamilton as Treasurer.

Notable Bond Imagery

The bottom left corner of the bond depicts an eagle holding a shield, wheat, and an olive branch and is surrounded by 13 stars. The seal reads, “Seal of the Bank of the United States.”

Certificate with brown ink shows handwritten language and signatures
Transcription 
						The Bank of the United States stock certificate reads:
Issued in lieu of No 4637, 9611 & 9615.
N. 1668

Be it known that Ocker Gevaerts of Dordrecht is entitled to Six Shares in the Bank of the United States, transferable only at the said Bank, by the said Ocker Gevaerts personally, or by his attorney.

Witness the Seal of the President, Directors, and Company of the Bank of the United States, at Philadelphia, the 1st day of July 1793.

The back side of this certificate is blank.

Accession No:

2017.002.084