Null WILLIAM NUZZO
NUZZO WILLIAM
REGGIO CALABRIA (RC) 1930

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WILLIAM NUZZO NUZZO WILLIAM REGGIO CALABRIA (RC) 1930 New Worlds Mixed media 81,00x76,00 Certificate of authenticity

WILLIAM NUZZO NUZZO WILLIAM REGGIO CALABRIA (RC) 1930 New Worlds Mixed media 81,00x76,00 Certificate of authenticity

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William Bingham Signed Stock Certificate for the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road American statesman (1752-1804) who served in the Continental Congress from 1786 to 1788 and in the United States Senate from 1795 to 1801, including a five-month stint as president pro tempore. Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Wm. Bingham,” one page, 9.5 x 7.75, March 16, 1795. Stock certificate issued to Samuel Humes for one share of stock in the Company of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road, with the upper section featuring an engraved vignette of a horse-drawn wagon on the aforenamed road. Signed at the conclusion by William Bingham as president, and countersigned by its treasurer, Tench Francis, Jr., who served as the first cashier of the Bank of North America. In fine condition, with multiple vertical folds. A prominent Philadelphia merchant who became a major land speculator after the Revolution, William Bingham was elected president of the turnpike company. Despite his other interests — he was a United States Senator and business partner of Robert Morris and Bank of the United States president Thomas Willing — Bingham carefully supervised the construction of the project. Work on the road began in early 1793 and the highway was opened — if still partially incomplete — by late 1794, ultimately costing $465,000 to connect Philadelphia with Lancaster, some 65 miles to the west. According to engineered plans and specifications, the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike is the first long-distance paved road built in the United States.