NEW ORLEANS LIGHTERING & WRECKING - SHARE CERTIFICATE - 1867 - WAR RELATED CSA

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CSA WAR RELATED:
NEW ORLEANS LIGHTERING & WRECKING SHARE
CERTIFICATE
DATED 5th April, 1867
ISSUED LESS THAN 2 YEARS AFTER THE WAR BETWEEN THE NATIONS.
NOT CANCELLED
CAPITAL ONLY 0K
(BARELY ENOUGH FOR ONE SHIP)
Wrecking is the practice of taking valuables from a shipwreck
which has foundered or run
aground close to shore. Often an unregulated activity of opportunity in coastal communities,
wrecking has been subjected to increasing regulation and evolved into what is now known as
marine salvage
.
LESS THAN A DOZEN OF THESE HAVE BEEN SEEN OVER THE YEARS.