Guide to the Deposit form, Confederate States of America Wyles SC 1123

Finding aid prepared by Special Collections staff, 2015.
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
special@library.ucsb.edu
2015 June 5


Title: Deposit form, Confederate States of America
Identifier/Call Number: Wyles SC 1123
Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 0.02 linear feet (1 folder)
Creator: National Safe Deposit Company
Date: 1885 August 19
Abstract: Deposit form for bonds purchased from the Confederate States of America, issued in 1885. This document summarized CSA bonds deposited with the National Safe Deposit Company, Limited of England.
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of Item], Deposit form, Confederate States of America, Wyles SC 1123. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Scope and Content

Deposit form 4408. Dated: 8/19/85. Also contains names of bondholders' trustees. Deposit form for bonds purchased from the Confederate States of America, issued in 1885. This document summarized CSA bonds deposited with the National Safe Deposit Company, Limited of England.
The purpose of the British Bondholder Committee was to pool all of the outstanding Confederate bonds purchased by England with an attempt to collect on them. Bondholders would deposit their bonds into an account and were given a scrip certificate in exchange. Payment was never made on the bonds since the Confederacy no longer existed after the war and the U.S. would not honor the payment.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Bonds (negotiable instruments)
Legal deposit
Bonds -- Confederate States of America

Folder 1

Deposit form 4408 for bonds purchased from the Confederate States of America, issued in 1885