Baltimore and West Point Steam Packet Company Stock Document and Resolution

Collection

Identifier: SC 01419

Staff Only
No requestable containers

Scope and Contents

A proclamation and list of names who professed to subscribe and pay the shares they committed to the Baltimore and West Point Steam Packet Company, March 1, 1856. The resolution was based on a meeting of the board of the Baltimore and West Point Steam Packet Company in Gloucester Court House. The board chose to disapprove the actions of President, W. R. Smart related to his appeal to the district court based on their ruling on the case of the Steamer Gladiator.

Dates

Creation: 1856, 1857

Creator

Baltimore and West Point Steam Packet Comany (Organization)

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