Confederate Bond, Fifteen Hundred Dollars, 1864

Summary

To help raise money, the Confederate States of America issued bonds. Early in the Civil War, these bonds seemed a worthwhile, even patriotic, investment to the Southerners who bought them. The war was going well for the Confederacy and the bonds promised a tidy profit in interest. At war's end, Southerners were left holding now worthless Confederate bonds.

To help raise money, the Confederate States of America issued bonds. Early in the Civil War, these bonds seemed a worthwhile, even patriotic, investment to the Southerners who bought them. The war was going well for the Confederacy and the bonds promised a tidy profit in interest. At war's end, Southerners were left holding now worthless Confederate bonds.

Artifact

Bond (Negotiable instrument)

Date Made

1864

Subject Date

1864

Creators

Confederate States of America. Dept. of the Treasury 

Evans & Cogswell 

Place of Creation

United States, Virginia, Richmond 

United States, South Carolina, Columbia 

Creator Notes

Issued by the Confederate States of America Treasury and printed by Evans & Cogswell in Columbia, South Carolina.

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

30.1104.1827.5

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Dimensions

Height: 8.75 in

Width: 14 in

Inscriptions

Recto, in part: $1,500 / IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED THAT / THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA / NO. 5811 / ARE INDEBTED UNTO A. L. Marshall / ... / Fifteen Hundred Dollars / ... / 1864 / EVANS & COGSWELL LITH COLUMBIA

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