1817 Baltimore Exchange Company - Issued to and Signed by President William Patterson

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This very rare Baltimore Exchange Company stock certificate was issued to and signed by President William Patterson in 1817. Embossed company stamp on the left. It is also signed by treasurer and founder John Hollins.

William Patterson was the founder of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the Merchants Exchange, the Canton Company, and the first president of the Bank of Maryland. He was the second wealthiest man in Maryland. Patterson was a gun-runner during the American Revolution as well as slave owner who owned several plantations around Baltimore. Upon his death, he freed all of his slaves. His daughter Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte married the brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, Jerome.

The Baltimore Exchange Company was founded in 1816 to build the Merchants Exchange Building in Baltimore. Shares were issued for $200 each. A huge sum at the time. The Merchants' Exchange Building was designed by Benjamin Latrobe and Maximilian Godefroy and was largely considered the most important building in Baltimore. Abraham Lincoln's body lay under the dome in 1865 as part of his funeral procession from Washington D.C.