Southern Mutual Insurance Company, / Of Baton Rouge. / [followed by a partially printed form, completed in manuscript, certifying that S.M. Hart is entitled to $70 "in the net earned profits … for the year ending the 31st day of January, 1861"]. Signed by William S. Pike as President and F.E. Hebert as Secretary.

Baton Rouge, LA: The company, March 4th, 1861. Ephemera. Stock certificate, 7 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches, printed in blue and red, the form enclosed within an ornamental blue border. Most of the text deals with contingencies and terms of payment for the shared profits. A rare Confederate imprint and Civil War-era financial document. Not in Parrish & Willingham or Hummel. Not recorded on OCLC. Folded, but very good. (#5529). Item #58886

Price: $500.00