, 1873-02-07
The E'nut3e&: Loan.
$500 00C, ,o00 United States Fire Per Ten

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I Principal redeemable at PAR after the Let Of
May, 1881, in United States geld coin Of the
present standard, interest payable quarterly in
United stetes gold coin, and both principal and
interest exempt from taxation, whether under
Federal; State, municipal, or local authority: aa
authorized by acts Of Congress, approved July14
| 1870 and Jan. 20. 1871.
The proceeds OF these bonds arc to b. applied
to the redemption and cancellation Of the United
States $50 bonds, as provided in said acts
New To2K, Feb. l, 1873.
The Secretary Of the Treasury having eon-
cluded with Messrs. Jay Cooks 4; Co., represents
ing Nessss. N. IL. Rothschi1d l. Sons, Jay
Cooke, McCulloch & Co., and themselves; and
Measrs. Horton, Bliss j. Co., and Drexel, Mor-
gan i Co., representing Mossrs. Barring Bros. J.
Co., J. s. Morgan j. Co., Morton, Rose j. Co.,
and Themselves a contract for the negotiationor
the remaining per cent bonds Of the funded
loan Of the United States, the undersigned ara
prepared to receive applications at par md &C.
crued interest for any part Of $500 COO, 600 United
States "d7cs" OF 1881, issued under the acts Of
Congress above mentioned.
Applications may be made payable either in
cash lin gold)or m $40 bonds Of any issue.
The bonds row offered are au that remain Of
the $500, ,ooo, 600 per cents authorized By Con-
gress, andit is hardly necessary to say that the
combination entrusted With the management Of
this negotiation embraces connections in Europa
and America, which practically insure the placing
OF the entire amount, ard tho redemption Of
$300, 0,000,0 900 Of dve~twentJ bonds, after which
only ~ and 1 per cent bonds will remain fer
holders Of hve-twcntics declining this last op~
po1tunity to exchange for per cents.
The coupon borla are in denominations at $50,
9100, $500, $1,000, $4,000, ard $4,000. TEs
registered bonds are in like amounts, yrith the
addition CT the denominations OF 100000 and
ESQ, 600. Interest. payable quarterly, will COM
mence from the 1st February, the first interest
payment being May i, 1878-. TIE bonds may, at
the option of the holder, be registered, and
United States Treasury checks, for interest
thereon, will DO sent from Washington to tha.
Post Office address Of tho holder in an7 part ot
America or Europe. .',.
Applications will be received at tie Office Of,
either Of the undersigned, r=l must be acconr
panied By the required dcposlt.
Payment in gold viii be naia as foloTa,
Five Per cent On application.
Five re: cent On allotment
Fcrty per cent on 3lay1. ,'
Fifty per cent on June l.,
When preferred, the deposit upon application
may be made in currency or any United Statca'
bonds. 11teres: a. 5per cent {gold) nc7 arnuo
viii be added from Feb. I to tie date Of the sew
eEal payments. Payment in fve-twenties Hi0
be made by exchanging bond for bond interest
being adjusted TO Feb. /. Tho preliminary de.
pesit Of per cent in SUCH cases will be returned
on receipt Of the fye-tventies, the class Of
which must be specified in the application.
Tho books for applications Sill bo orenolai aim-
in Europe and Am erica en- the skh
inst, and will remain open Until tia evening Of
the 7th inst, and the allotmente will 10 nsda =
soon as possible thereafte. =.
Provisional receipts (scrip) will be ei-ao tor
the deposits. The bords will be furnished u :s
early date as practicable against corresponding
Of hve-twenty bonds, or paJ1naut "A
full Should the allotment Of bonds no: equA
The subscription, the preliminary deposit II
aach case Elu be returned forthwith to t5e e1-
lent Of the excess.
When desired, we will furnish the coin (u1rir-
out commiEsion), and make settlement in cur
rency, and viii also receive q: current market
price any bonds OF the United Stat3s othsr thaa
6ve-twenties.
(Signed) JAZZ COOKE j. Co.,
Ao2Tos, Bliss Co..
DRE1E1, MORGAN 70.
Applica:ions will also he received By Mesars-
Lunt, Preston l. Kean, Chicago, from WHOM tha
blank 3orms may be procured.