LOUISIANA. NEW ORLEANS. 7% First Mortg. Land Grant S.F. Gold Bond $1000. black, red. #12000. No 1656. Inc. about 1872 to build a 400-mile line linking New Orleans to the eastern terminus of the Texas Pacific RR. Large format bond, with vignettes of a train at speed, and a stork, in the arms of Louisiana. The bond is designated in $ and £, and payable inLondon. There is thus a connection with the Texas Pacific, also partly British-owned.