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Partially printed stock certificate, 5 x 7.25 in., for the Importing and Exporting Company of South Carolina, No. 653, for one share to H. Adderly & Co., dated March 31, 1864 and signed by William C. Bee, President. Three transfers on verso, dated 1869, 1874, and 1876. The Importing and Exporting Company of South Carolina was formed in Charleston in late 1862 for the purpose of running the Union blockade [An Act to Incorporate the Importing and Exporting Company of South Carolina, No. 4651, December 18, 1862 in Statutes at Large of South Carolina 13 (1861-66)]. The list of shareholders has been reported as a "Who's Who" of Charleston society, in part because shares were $1,000 each, and few had that kind of money to invest in risky investments. Provenance: The M. Clifford (Cliff) and Lynne B. Young Confederate Blockade Runner Collection Condition: Inked transfers on verso bleed through to be visible from the front, else very good.