International Land Company stock certificate 1884 (New Jersey) 

NJ land developer. Certificate #2. Bold vignettes on this piece - sailing ship at sea to the left, steam train in agricultural harvest scene to the right, and a small artists interpretation of the New York state seal. Issued and not cancelled. Dated 1884. Some vertical folds. Measures approximately 13 x 8.5 inches.

The International Land Company was incorporated in New Jersey in 1883, but had offices in New York City.

The business was to establish a new town on the Cumberland tract, 25,000 acres (now Cumberland County) adjoining Vineland, New Jersey towards Bridgeton. The capital was raised to survey streets and lots starting in 1884. The company was insolvent by 1893.

About Cumberland County NJ:

Early European settlement began with the Swedish who called what is now New Jersey New Sweden during the first half of the 17th century. Prior to the United States gaining its independence from Great Britain, Cumberland County was deemed separate from Salem County in 1748 and was named after the Duke of Cumberland. Cumberland County's economic exploits were agricultural and manufacturing, more specifically the county focused on fruits and vegetables, as well as glassware and preserved foods.

America's early successes in glassmaking began in Southern New Jersey during the 18th century and eventually led to John Landis Mason of Vineland New Jersey to invent the mason jar for storing and preserving food at home during the 1850s. Cumberland County's population has historically been "majority-minority". Cumberland County went from holding one hundred and twenty enslaved people in 1790, to two by 1830. Cumberland County included several towns settled by Black Americans many of whom escaped slavery. Parts of the county were used for the Underground Railroad, and housed Harriet Tubman and William Still.

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