No. 165. New-York Manufacturing Company Amos Whittemore ~ is at this time entitled to Seven hundred fifty Shares in the Capital Stock of The President and Directors of the New-York Manufacturing Company in the city of New-York, which are transferable on the Books of the Company by the said Amos Whittemore ~ or his Attorney New-York, 1 July ~ 1813 ----- =750 Shares Oneill Prest. ----- Note from donor reads: At this time The British were blockading the Port of New York. Skirmishes for control of Lake Ontario get under way and in December the British capture Fort Niagara and burn Lewiston and Buffalo