The United States of America First Mortgage Bond reads: United State of America. No. __ $500 Land and Property in the State of Vera Cruz First Mortgage Bonds Know all men by these presents that I Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna at present in the City of New York, am indebted to __________ or Bearer in the sum of Five Hundred Dollars which sum I promise to pay the Bearer hereof in lawful money of the United States of America on the twenty eighth day of June. A.D. One thousand eight hundred and sixty eight in the City of New York, State of New York with interest thereon from the twenty eighth day of June. A.D. One thousand eight hundred and sixty six, at the rate of seven per cent per annum payable annually at the Banking House of ______________ in the City of New York. This Bond is one of a series of fifteen hundred bonds amounting to seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and the Bearer hereof is entitled to the security derived from a Mortgage or Deed of Trust duly executed and delivered by the said Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna to _________ Trustees, and bearing even date with this bond and covering several pieces of property in all amounting to about three hundred and seventy eight square miles of land in the State of Vera Cruz, Mexico, together with two palaces and grounds one situated in the Island of St. Thomas and the other in Turbaco in the Republic of New Granada. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal this twenty eighth day of June A.D. One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six. Sealed and delivered in the presence of Illegible Theo. Walser Signed by A. L. de Sta Anna To the right of the main text body is a separate, bordered text that reads: Be it known that on this twenty eighth day of June A.D. 1866. one thousand eight hundred and sixty six before me a Notary Public duly commissioned and sworn and residing in said City and County personally came Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna to me known to be the same person who executed the foregoing Bond and acknowledged to me that he executed the same In Witness Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal of office the day and year above written Richard LH Finch to (illegible) Public (illegible)
Accession No:
2017.002.012