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SANTA ANNA, ANTONIO LOPEZ DE, Mexican General, President. Partly printed document signed ("A.L. de Sta. Anna," with flourish), countersigned by notary Richard Finch and two witnesses, New York, 28 June 1861. 1 page, oblong folio, PRINTED ON FINE PARCHMENT, an elaborately engraved bond with ornate decorative arabesque borders, vignette of a scene in Vera Cruz at top and scenes in St. Thomas and Turbaco, New Grenada, along left-hand side, headed "United States of America," text engraved in italic with $500 denomination overprinted in green, Santa Anna's orange paper seal and another green paper seal affixed. Fine.
An unusual mortgage bond of $500 denomination, issued and sold in New York during the period of Santa Anna's exile while Juarez was President of Mexico. The Victor of the Alamo certifies he will repay the capital amount with interest, the loan to be secured by "several pieces of property" amounting to some 378 square miles in the state of Vera Cruz, plus other lands on St. Thomas and in New Grenada.
An unusual mortgage bond of $500 denomination, issued and sold in New York during the period of Santa Anna's exile while Juarez was President of Mexico. The Victor of the Alamo certifies he will repay the capital amount with interest, the loan to be secured by "several pieces of property" amounting to some 378 square miles in the state of Vera Cruz, plus other lands on St. Thomas and in New Grenada.