Sep 30, 2021 - Sale 2580

Sale 2580 - Lot 63

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(CALIFORNIA.) Bond certificate for "expenses incurred in the suppression of Indian hostilities." Partly printed document signed by Samuel B. Smith as one of the Commissioners of California War Debt, issued to Richard W. Hurbburt, 4 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches; folds, minimal wear. Washington, DC: Polkinhorn's Steam Job Printing, 1 September 1856

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"We hereby certify that Coupon No. 5, of Bond No. 6 issued by the State of California for expenses incurred in the suppression of Indian hostilities, [said Bond bearing interest at the rate of twelve per cent per annum] has been given up . . . to the Secretary of War of the United States." None others traced at auction or elsewhere.