John A. Dix (1798-1879) held a stellar career as Major General during the Civil War, and serving as Secretary of the Treasury in 1861, U.S. Senator, and the Governor of New York.
On July 7th, 1865 Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold, and George Atzerodt were hanged from a wooden scaffold in the yard of the Old Arsenal Penitentiary in Washington, DC. They had been found guilty as conspirators in the plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln and William Seward.
I just had to bring this exquisite Mexican Empire bond to your attention!
Exquisite and rare 1913/1914 Temporary bonds, Black and White.
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icana, Deuda Consolidada Exterior Del 5% de 1899, £200, $970 US GOLD
Republica Mexicana, Deuda Consolidada Exterior Del 5% de 1899, £500, $2,425 US GOLD Denomination: £500; Year: 1899. Serie B, Republica Mexicana, Deuda Consolidada Exterior Del 5% de 1899, £500, $2,425 US GOLD, capital e intereses pagaderos en oro. Series B, Republic of Mexico, Consolidated Exterior Debt 5% of 1899, 500 Pounds, $2,425 US GOLD, capital and interest payable in gold. Printed by the American Bank Note Company.
$50 Liberty Loan of 1917, U. S. Treasury bond issued for financing the war effort in World War I. Teehee & McAdoo printed signatures. Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
By 1889 steel production in the U.S. was first in the world, and in 1901 he sold his company, Carnegie Company to the U.S. Steel Corporation for $250 million. The Carnegie Foundation of New York donated millions to scientific research, the advancement of teaching, the furthering of international peace, and the reward of heroic acts. The foundation is well known for building public libraries. This historic bond is dated 1901, the very year that he sold his company. This beautiful $100,000 5% United States Steel Gold Bond is issued to Andrew Carnegie, but not signed. The rarity of Carnegie stocks and bonds is well known. A while back, two signed examples of this bond were sold to collectors at $125,000 per bond! Neatly stamp and hole cancelled. The graphics and cranberry red color are truly exceptional. Fresh Excellent Condition. A portrait of Carnegie is included.
Treasury Office Document dated 1789 showing exchange of various Revolutionary War Army Notes that were presented in exchange of "Certificates in pursuance of an Act of the General Assembly passed in May 1789."
double white dove).
an political leader, general and President who greatly influenced early Mexican and Spanish politics and government. He first fought against the independence from Spain, and then supported it.
ta Anna was living in exile. While he schemed to depose Emperor Maximilian, he issued these bonds in hopes of regaining power. In these attempts, he was captured and sentenced to death. Still, he was released and allowed to retire to New York and later when blind, he died in poverty and neglect. Of course, we remember him because of his success over the Texans at the Alamo and later his defeat and capture by Sam Houston at San Jacinto in 1836.
icana, Deuda Consolidada Exterior Del 5% de 1899, £200, $970 US GOLDRepublica Mexicana, Deuda Consolidada Exterior Del 5% de 1899, £500, $2,425 US GOLD Denomination: £500; Year: 1899. Serie B, Republica Mexicana, Deuda Consolidada Exterior Del 5% de 1899, £500, $2,425 US GOLD, capital e intereses pagaderos en oro. Series B, Republic of Mexico, Consolidated Exterior Debt 5% of 1899, 500 Pounds, $2,425 US GOLD, capital and interest payable in gold. Printed by the American Bank Note Company.
Consolidated Association of the Planters of Louisiana bond.
Collectible 1734 "Tontine" Related French Document. Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón (21 February 1794 – 21 June 1876),[1] often known as Santa Anna[2] or López de Santa Anna, was a Mexican political leader, general and President who greatly influenced early Mexican and Spanish politics and government. He first fought against the independence from Spain, and then supported it.while Santa Anna was living in exile. While he schemed to depose Emperor Maximilian, he issued these bonds in hopes of regaining power. In these attempts, he was captured and sentenced to death. Still, he was released and allowed to retire to New York and later when blind, he died in poverty and neglect. Of course, we remember him because of his success over the Texans at the Alamo and later his defeat and capture by Sam Houston at San Jacinto in 1836.
One of America’s greatest army officers, William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) was born February 8, 1820 at Lancaster, Ohio, and graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1840. 
James C. Fargo was the younger brother of William Fargo, co-founder of American Express and Wells Fargo Co. He became the third president of American Express after William's death in 1881. James was a co-founder along with William Fargo.
ess Co. Both sign at front of this great stock with slight cancellation affecting the W. C. Fargo signature. Great vignette of the mascot dog. Excellent condition and extremely rare with both signing.
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This vignette has often been attributed wrongly to have been engraved by Paul Revere partly due to the similarity that it has with the sword in hand Massachusetts currency.
Payment Order to the Connecticut State Treasurer for “One Pound Nineteen Shillings & 6 Pence Lawful money – being in part of the Bills of Cost taxed against Thomas Bibbs & David Hillman for Counterfeiting dated at Hartford this 6th Day of March 1787. Signed at front by Geo. Pitkin and Samuel Wyllys and at back by Oliver Wolcott, Jr. and Jesse Root.
from Coventry, Connecticut. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress for Connecticut from 1778 until 1782, and sat as chief justice of the state's Supreme Court from 1796 to 1807. 
nnecticut from 1817 to 1827. Wolcott was appointed in 1784 as one of the commissioners to mediate claims between the U.S. and the state of Connecticut. After serving as state comptroller of Connecticut from 1788-90, he was named auditor of the federal treasury, and became comptroller of the Treasury in 1791.He was appointed Secretary of the Treasury by George Washington in 1795 to succeed Alexander Hamilton, but resigned in 1800 due to unpopularity, and a particularly vitriolic campaign against him in the press in which, among other things, he was falsely accused of setting fire to the State Department building.
yllys (1739 – 1823)
courts for many years, was commissioned captain in 1768, lieutenant-colonel in 1774, colonel in 1775, and commanded the 4th regiment of minute-men, with which he marched to Boston on hearing of the battles of Concord and Lexington. 