[Rarebooks] FS: 1882 Cemetery "Investment" Prospectus...

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA]

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Arlington Cemetery -Prospectus for Stockholders. Rural Homestead Company:
1882. A very interesting prospectus for investors in the Rural Homestead
Company, “Auxiliary to the Arlington Cemetery Association, Hudson County,
New Jersey”, which was the “owner of certain lands” which were placed at
the disposal of the Arlington Cemetery to sell cemetery plots on, with
half the proceeds to go for maintenance and improvement of the land, the
other half to the Homestead Company and its stockholders. The booklet
outlines the advantageous placement of the cemetery (close to Jersey City,
New York, etc.), the lack of available space for cemeteries in the area,
and other facts that seemed to make this a “can’t lose” proposition.
Apparently whoever was given this booklet decided otherwise, as the order
form in the back for stock is unused. The cover of the booklet is marked
“for private distribution”, and the booklet includes a colored map. A very
interesting and unusual cemetery-related “investment” prospectus.
Softcover. 5”x6.5”, 6 pages plus a colored map and an order form. A little
soil, and small semi-crease, but essentially a very, very nice copy of a
very fragile booklet. [09941] $150.00

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