(MORMONS) Nauvoo Legion Association stock certificate signed

Sale 2517 - Lot 150

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(MORMONS.) Nauvoo Legion Association stock certificate signed by Brigham Young. Partly printed document, 3 x 7 1/2 inches, signed by Brigham Young as Lieutenant General, Charles C. Rich as Major General, and Edmund Ellsworth as Secretary, numbered 28 and issued to David D. Yearsley; full separation at center vertical fold crossing through Young signature, otherwise minor wear. Nauvoo, IL, 13 February 1845

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These stock certificates were issued in late 1844 and early 1845 to raise funds for weapons, ammunition, and other supplies for the Nauvoo Legion's arsenal. Currency was scarce in Nauvoo, so these certificates may have seen local use as a medium of exchange. The recipient David Dutton Yearsley Sr. (1808-1849) was a member of the Seventy and went to Winter Quarters in 1846, but never made it to Utah. Nyholm, Mormon Currency, pages 90-91; Rust, Mormon and Utah Coin and Currency, pages 27-28. We trace only 3 other examples, only one of them coming to auction, at a Smythe sale in 2008 which brought $32,000.