Illustration from
A Pioneer History of Becker County
Minnesota
by Alvin H. Wilcox
Stock Certificate
Western Land Improvement Association
Stock Certificate


Western Land Improvement Association
Of the New England Military and Naval Bureau of Migration.
Organized under the Declaration of Trust on the Back of this Certificate.
Certificate No. 22 40,000 SHARES OF TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS EACH. 60 Shares

BE IT KNOWN, That         George H. Johnston
of                                                                   Boston                                                         is entitled to
    Sixty - - - -                                                                                                                     Shares in the
WESTERN LAND IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION
Of the New England Military and Naval Bureau of Migration,

subject to the terms of the Declaration of Trust printed on the back of this Cer-
tificate, which said shares are transferable by assignment in writing, and surrender
of this Certificate to the Trustee, when a new Certificate will be issued according
to the interest of the parties.
Boston, Dec.-15th 1873                 George H. Johnston Trustee.

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