Gold Fund Certificate
Title
Gold Fund Certificate
Creator
Strong, Benjamin, 1872-1928
Identifier
WWP18474
Date
1914 September 21
Description
A subscription fund for the Gold Reserve.
Source
Benjamin Strong Jr. Papers, New York Federal Reserve Bank
Contributor
Gold Fund Committee
Language
English
Text
FORM OF CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY COMMITTEE
No._____________
$_________________________________
Certificate of Contribution and of Payment of Initial Instalment
GOLD FUND
Contributed pursuant to Report and Plan set forth in the letter of September 19, 1914, addressed to the Secretary of the TreasuryWilliam G. McAdoo and the Federal Reserve Board by a Committee, consisting of James B. Forgan, Chairman, and others, and approved in the answer of September 21, 1914, to said letter, made by said Federal Reserve Board and approved by said Secretary.
The holder hereof by acceptance of this Certificate agrees to all the terms and conditions of said Report and Plan and of this Certificate. This Certificate is valid only when signed by two members of the Gold Fund Committee. Any repayments from the Gold Fund on account of said contribution shall be made only for the account of the holder hereof, as registered on the books of the undersigned, upon presentation of this Certificate at the office of said Committee, No. 77 Cedar Street, New York City, or of its authorized agents at places within the United States of America, as may be designated by it, for endorsement of any such repayment hereon. No final repayment on account of said Contribution will be made except upon surrender hereof for cancellation.
No._____________
$_________________________________
Certificate of Contribution and of Payment of Initial Instalment
___________________
GOLD FUND
Contributed pursuant to Report and Plan set forth in the letter of September 19, 1914, addressed to the Secretary of the TreasuryWilliam G. McAdoo and the Federal Reserve Board by a Committee, consisting of James B. Forgan, Chairman, and others, and approved in the answer of September 21, 1914, to said letter, made by said Federal Reserve Board and approved by said Secretary.
___________________
The undersigned Gold Fund Committee named in and appointed pursuant to the Report and Plan above named, hereby certify that_________________________has subscribed for an Original Contribution to the Gold Fund provided for in said Report and Plan, in the amount of $_______________, and has paid to the undersigned Committee on account of such Original Contribution, an initial instalment of $_______________. Payments of further instalments towards said Contribution shall be evidenced by endorsement thereof hereon by the undersigned Committee, or their duly authorized agents. All such payments are received, and are to be administered and disposed of, as a part of said Gold Fund, subject to the terms and conditions of said Report and Plan, and subject solely to the directions of the Gold Fund Committee, as it may be constituted from time to time.The holder hereof by acceptance of this Certificate agrees to all the terms and conditions of said Report and Plan and of this Certificate. This Certificate is valid only when signed by two members of the Gold Fund Committee. Any repayments from the Gold Fund on account of said contribution shall be made only for the account of the holder hereof, as registered on the books of the undersigned, upon presentation of this Certificate at the office of said Committee, No. 77 Cedar Street, New York City, or of its authorized agents at places within the United States of America, as may be designated by it, for endorsement of any such repayment hereon. No final repayment on account of said Contribution will be made except upon surrender hereof for cancellation.
Original Format
Form
Files
Collection
Citation
Strong, Benjamin, 1872-1928, “Gold Fund Certificate,” 1914 September 21, WWP18474, Benjamin Strong Jr. Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.