Oak Island Treasure Company (prospectus)

Oak Island Treasure Company, 1893. Canadiana (CIHM 34838).

The share prospectus of the 1893 company, which restates the legend for investors and is the earliest printed source for the reading "Ten feet below are two million pounds buried" on the stone.

Oak Island money pitReportCopy of The inscribed stone (the "90-foot stone")Checked against the original0

What it's used for here

Shows how the story was packaged for investors; source of the stone 'translation'.

Cited by on this site 9 records

The inscribed stone (the "90-foot stone")

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The inscribed stone (the "90-foot stone"): transcription

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The 1893 Oak Island Treasure Company prospectus is the earliest source for the reading 'Ten feet below are…

Evidence

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The familiar cipher and its reading appear first in the 1893 prospectus; no drawing from the stone survives.

Evidence

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The stone's 'translation' first appears in the 1893 company prospectus.

Evidence

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The Oak Island Treasure Company issues its prospectus

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The Oak Island money pit

The mystery article

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Oak Island Treasure Company

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Did the inscribed stone exist, and what was on it?

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Cite it

Oak Island Treasure Company (1893). Oak Island Treasure Company (prospectus). Canadiana (CIHM 34838). https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.34838

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. “Oak Island Treasure Company (prospectus).” Canadiana (CIHM 34838) (1893).