Signed W. W. Holden by Governor William Woods Holden and D. A. Jenkins by Public Treasurer David A. Jenkins, Raleigh, April 1, 1869, issued in New York to finance construction of the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad, retaining 59 of 60 annual $30 interest payment coupons, maturing in April 1899; illustrated with two allegorical figures flanking a vignette of the North Carolina state capitol building.

23 x16.75 in.

W. W. Holden has long been considered a colorful figure in North Carolina political history. His antebellum pro-states rights leanings were eroded during the Civil War, leading to his becoming a Republican in later years. He was impeached and removed from office in 1871, having earned the enmity of North Carolina's Democratic political establishment and the then-powerful Ku Klux Klan.

Fold creases with two small areas of loss in upper right margin; overall very good condition.