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Preferred Citation:

Baltimore and West Point Steam Packet Company Stock Document and Resolution, 1856, 1857, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, William and Mary.

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.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Steamships
• Stock certificates