Greensboro, North Carolina, 1st July, 1884. $100 Specimen 6% First Mortgage Thirty Year Coupon Bond. Black and brown printing with Bald Eagle and flag at top. Pin punched canceled at bottoms and each coupon is pin punched as well. VF-XF condition. FBNC. The first college to open its doors within the town of Greensboro was the woman's college, Greensboro Female College. The institution had its origin in 1833, when the Greensboro Female College was organized as an institution for local children. It was the intent of the Rev. Peter Doubt that the institution grow to serve women. Through the Methodist Church, a charter was secured in 1838, an event which makes the college one of the oldest institutions of higher education for women in the United States. The college became coeducational in the late 1950s. The cornerstone of the first building was laid in 1843, and in 1846 the institution opened its doors to students. Young women came from many southern states to become the first classes of the new president, the Rev. Solomon Lea, and his faculty.
Estimate: $140-280