Boston Investment Company, Offices: 7 to 11 Advertiser Building Boston, Mass. Dividends 6 1/2% Per Annum, Payable Quarterly
[Boston: 1889]. 34,[1]pp. Original green pictorial wrappers, stapled. Minor chipping, some discoloration to wrappers. Soft vertical crease, light occasional foxing. Very good. Item #2771
The rare prospectus for the Boston Investment Company, formed by William Gordon (1857-1933) to finance the development of Sioux City, Iowa. Gordon raised over a million dollars in order to construct the Massachusetts Building, the Plymouth Block, and the Boston Block in Sioux City. The company also built the Sioux City Engine Works, Paris Stove Works, a large shoe factory, and other commercial structures. The present pamphlet includes promotional text and testimonial letters, as well as illustrations of the Gordon and Hedges Block in Sioux City; three drawings of the Fargusson Block in Duluth, Minnesota; and a drawing of the Iowa Savings Bank Building. The final leaf is an order form for potential investors. OCLC records just three copies of this rare prospectus, at Yale, Massachusetts Historical, and the Henry Ford Museum.
Price: $650.00