Last week, I began searching online for information on a $100, 10% interest bearing, 1862 Confederate Missouri Defense Bond, countersigned by C. F. Jackson, Confederate Governor of Missouri, given to me by my grandmother 20 years ago; it was passed down to her from a relative from Arkansas. I learned that the existence of these bonds is questionable and read online that if one were found, having the signature of Missouri's Confederate Governor, Claiborne Fox Jackson, would make these bonds valuable to historians of Missouri's controversial succession during the Civil War. Here are the two statements I found regarding these bonds:
Statement from RebelStatesCurrency.com: During the Civil War, the Confederate State government of Missouri issued two series of notes - the first series included interest bearing notes printed in January 1862 - most of these notes are found unsigned and undated and finding one with an original signature and date is extremely rare.
Statement from an account of the Confederate guerrilla attack on Plattsburg, Missouri, on July 21, 1864: Includes the comment that the guerrillas (whose number included none other than Jesse James) liberated $10,000 in Missouri Defence Bonds that they found in the courthouse. It is not clear whether these were the low-denomination Defence Bonds or the $100 and $500 Defence Bonds. In any case, notes that have genuine signatures and other issuance information are worth a significant premium over those that do not.
I am confident that this bond is authentic due to its provenance and condition; it is correctly countersigned and numbered and Jackson's signature matches his signatures on 3 documents I found on the Missouri Digital Heritage website.
I am trying to understand whether there are any archival organizations that I should be reaching out to who would consider adding this document to their collection and would appreciate any direction in that regard.