Description

THE UNITED STATES FREEHOLD LAND & EMIGRATION COMPANY, First Mortgage Bond Seven Percent Gold Loan

Issued 1870

COLORADO TERRITORY & NEW MEXICO TERRITORY

Issued on the COSTILLA ESTATE IN THE PARK OF SAN LOUIS VALLEY, Colorado & New Mexico territories

Bond dimensions: 15-1/4 inches by 19 inches.  Some coupons originally submitted for payment.  Bond not cancelled

Property associated with WILLIAM GILPIN, early developer, promoter and political leader in the Colorado Territory

Condition: near fine to fine; original folds.

COLORADO ARTIFACTUAL