[Morris, Robert]: [Edwards, Enoch]:

$3,000 · Offered by William Reese Company

[STOCK CERTIFICATE No. 1602 REPRESENTING THREE SHARES IN THE NORTH AMERICAN LAND COMPANY SOLD TO DR. ENOCH EDWARDS, ATTENDING PHYSICIAN TO GEORGE WASHINGTON DURING THE REVOLUTION, SIGNED BY JAMES ... A stock certificate representing three shares in the disastrous North American Land Company, signed by Robert Morris as president and James Marshall as secretary. Dr. Enoch Edwards, the purchaser of these shares, was a quietly significant figure in the founding of America. A surgeon by trade, he was attending physician to George Washington during the war, a member of the 1776 Provincial Congress of Pennsylvania, and a signatory of the 1790 Pennsylvania Constitution. His work and social circles brought him into friendly contact with many of the Revolution's luminaries, and it is said that the signers of the Declaration dined at his summer home in Philadelphia on that very day.After substantial personal contributions to the Revolution and pledging his personal credit in support of the insolvent Confederation, Robert Morris was eager for new private ventures. Along with John Nicolson and John Greenleaf, he organized the North American Land Company, the largest land trust in America. The company quickly collected six million acres in New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Kentucky, and Washington, DC. Substantially overextended and discovering most of the land they purchased was barren, the company was also seriously hurt by Greenleaf's dishonest use of company fun

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