Confederate States of America $500 Bond

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Confederate States of America $500 Bond, 1863 February 20, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
0.16 Linear Feet
Creator:
Barranger & Company, Inc. and Confederate States of America
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Confederate States of America $500 Bond, 1863 February 20, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

Printed issued bond number 9434 authorized by the act of Congress of the Confederate States for the amount of $500 in order to fund the treasury of the Confederacy. The interest notes, of seven percent, were due semi-annually to the bond holder beginning Jan 1, 1865. At the center of the bond is a drawing of an encamped Confederate soldier and the bottom depicts a steamship and locomotive, with the company Archer & Dely, Richmond, Va.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Barranger Comanpany, Inc.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Bonds
Names:
Barranger & Company, Inc.