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Subject: Jacob H. Schiff

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Stock or Bond Certificate - Jewish Agricultural and Colonial Association, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 14, 1913Stock or Bond Certificate - Jewish Agricultural and Colonial Association, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 14, 1913

This item is a $100 First Mortgage, Four Percent Bond (Number 1497) issued by the Jewish Agricultural and Colonial Association. It was issued to Jacob H. Schiff on April 14, 1913, with interest payable from December 31, 1917, and the final principal due on December 31, 1924. Payments were designated to be made through the Utah Colonization Fund, Inc., The National Copper Bank, or Walker Brothers Bank, all located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The certificate features ornate green borders and decorative Gothic-style lettering for the association's name. An engraved vignette depicting a cultivated agricultural landscape, likely representing the Clarion colony, is centrally placed. The document includes detachable coupons for future interest payments and bears the signatures of Benjamin Brown (President), B. Horowitz (Secretary) of the Jewish Agricultural and Colonial Association, and David Spitz (Secretary of Utah Colonization Fund, Inc. Trustee). 3.