Eight (8) Obsolete currency notes, including State of Tennessee bond signed by Governor William Gannaway "Parson" Brownlow (1805-1877), one (1) 1773 Pennsylvania colonial note, four (4) Southern bank notes, and two (2) Confederate States of America (CSA) notes. 1st item: 1868 United States of American State of Tennessee One Thousand Dollar bond note. Issued to Louisville and Nashville Railroad, January 1, 1868. Serial # 1777. Signed by Governor William G. Brownlow and Secretary of State A. J. Fletcher. Includes fifty-nine (59)intactcoupons.Encapsulated (not laminated) in a plastic archival sleeve. 24 7/8" H x 18" W. 2nd item: 1773 Pennsylvania Fifteen Shillings colonial note. Issued on October 1, 1773. Printed by Hall and Sellers, Philadelphia. Serial# 4132. Signed by Jonathan Mifflin, AlexanderTod, andJames Hartley.Encapsulated (not laminated) in a plastic archival sleeve. 3 3/4" H x 2 7/8" W. 3rd item: 1855 Tennessee Mechanics of BankMemphis Ten Dollarnote. Issued March 1, 1855. Printedby Danforth, Wright, and Company, New York, Philadelphia. Serial # 264. Signed by the bank president and cashier. Housed in a plastic archival sleeve. 3 1/8" H x 7 1/4" W. 4th item: 1861 New York WilliamsburgCity Bank Three Dollar note. Issued April 15, 1861. Printed by Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear, and Company, New York. Serial # 4708.Signed by the bank president and cashier.Encapsulated (not laminated) in a plastic archival sleeve. 3 1/8" H x 7 1/4" W. 5th item: 1861 Alexandria, Loudoun & Hampshire Railroad Company Twenty-Five Cents note. Issued on May 25, 1861. Printer unspecified. Serial # 122. Signed for the company.Encapsulated (not laminated) in a plastic archival sleeve. 2 3/4" H x 6 1/4" W. 6th item: 1861 Farmers Bank of Virginia Two Dollar note. Issued June 20, 1861.Printer unspecified. Serial # 341.Signed by the bank president and cashier.Encapsulated (not laminated) in a plastic archival sleeve. 3 1/4" H x 7" W. 7th item: 1864 Confederate States of America Twenty Dollar note. Issued February 17, 1864. Printed by Keating and Ball, Columbia. Serial # 11796, 11th Series.Signatures "for Registrar" and "for Treasurer". Encapsulated (not laminated) in a plastic archival sleeve. 3 1/4" H x 7 1/4" W. 8th item: 1864Confederate States of America Two Dollar note. Issued February 17, 1864. Engraved and printed by Keating and Ball, Columbia. Serial # 49948.Signatures "for Registrar" and "for Treasurer". Encapsulated (not laminated) in a plastic archival sleeve. 3 1/8" H x 7 1/4" W. All housed in a faux black leather and red canvas portfolio. Portfolio – 26" H x 20 3/4" W x 1/2" D. Third quarter 18th/third quarter 19th century. Provenance: the estate of Dr. Benjamin Caldwell, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee. CONDITION: All items in circulated condition. Portfolio in worn condition. 1st item: Signatures in overall visible, clear condition. Tears, areas of separationto fold lines, largest 6 1/4" (does not affect signatures).