C.W. Wetmore

1890, Washington and Alaska. 10 ¾" x 7".”Stock certificate for 15 shares of the Puget Sound and Alaska Steamship Company. Brown/Black. Lovely engraved vignette of a steamship in rough seas at top center. Printed by Franklin Bank Note Company. Issued to and signed on verso by C. W. Wetmore. Named for one of the financial backers of American Steel Barge, Charles W. Wetmore became the first whaleback to operate outside the Great Lakes. Punch and stamp cancelled and Excellent.