Edinburgh, The 17th day of April, 1696, At a General Meeting of the Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies ...
COMPANY OF SCOTLAND TRADING TO AFRICA AND THE ; INDIES (1696.)
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Broadside measuring 190 by 290mm. Browned at top edge, chipped at corners with marginal loss only shaving one letter at top right, stuck to a piece of light card with old adhesive at each corner, still holding on right side only. Good. Edinburgh,
The first (of four) resolutions addresses the need for extra capital after the English governments efforts to limit investment from south of the border "every Subscriber by himself or by his or her Deputations... shall give in a list of twenty five Subscribers". The company foundered after the disastrous Darien scheme.
Worldcat finds copies at Mass Historical Society, BL, National Lib of Scotland, Newberry Library. Wing, C5587.
Stock Code: 204224
