Description: Original 1862 hand signed “one Dollar” note issued by “The Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad Company” in Granada, Mississippi. As with a number of notes during the Civil War it was printed on the back of unissued stock certificates, this one from New Orleans. The note was engraved by “Lodele Eng. Memphis”. It has the hand inscribed serial number “887” in red ink. The Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad was an American railroad constructed in the 1850s, connecting Memphis, Tennessee with Grenada, Mississippi. In Grenada, the line connected with the Mississippi Central Railroad. The railroad was incorporated on October 16, 1852, and enabled cotton plantations in the Mississippi Delta to ship their product to Memphis, where it was loaded onto steamboats and transported to New Orleans. During the Civil War, the railroad's trestle over the Coldwater River was destroyed by Federal troops. Following the war, the railroad was "a complete wreck, and literally without rolling stock". The railroad was purchased in 1886 by the Illinois Central Railroad. The note will be shipped in a protective sleeve with a dated, hand signed Letter of Authenticity with a photograph of the currency above. All of the artifacts on our site are guaranteed to be original Civil War issue or as stated. Please see our "About” on front page for more information on the framing and artifacts
Price: 150 USD
Location: Fredericksburg, Virginia
End Time: 2024-12-18T13:32:12.000Z
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Item must be returned within: 14 Days
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