Mann's Boudoir (Railroad) Car Co signed by William D'Alton Mann - 1886 dated $1,000 Uncanceled Gold Bond

William D'Alton Mann, Important Civil War Officer, Editor, Inventor. Captain 1st Michigan Cavalry, organized 1st Mounted Rifles, afterwards 5th Mich. Cavalry, and Daniel's Horse Battery, 1862; organized 7th Mich. Cavalry and Gunther's Horse Battery (these troops composing Mich. Cavalry Brigade); Colonel 1862; devised improvements in accoutrements of troops, used in the US and Austrian Armies. He was a pioneer manufacturer of cotton-seed oil; several years proprietor of the Mobile Register, invented and patented the boudoir car in 1871, and introduced it throughout Europe; organized the Mann Boudoir Car Co.-NY in 1883 which was later bought out by Pullman Co. This gorgeous $1,000 Gold Bond dated 1886 is engraved by Franklin Bank Note Co.-NY and is signed at front by Mann as President. The decent number of coupons are equally attractive. Even the back of the bond has an attractive Female vignette. Particularly Exciting in many ways!!!

William d'Alton Mann (September 27, 1839 – May 17, 1920) was a Union officer during the American Civil War, as well as a businessman and a newspaper and magazine publisher. During the Civil War, Mann enlisted in the 1st Michigan Cavalry and was elected as a captain on August 22, 1861. He later became the lieutenant colonel of the 5th Michigan Cavalry on August 14, 1862. In the late summer of that year, he raised and organized the 7th Michigan Cavalry, eventually being promoted to colonel on February 9, 1863. He fought at the Battle of Gettysburg under General George Armstrong Custer.

After the war, he became a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Following the war, Mann settled in Mobile, Alabama, where he pioneered developments in the manufacture of cottonseed oil. He ran for a seat in the U.S. Congress as a Democrat and received a majority of the votes; however, he never took his seat due to the denial of his certificate by federal authorities.

In 1871, he moved to New York City, where he developed Mann's Boudoir Car, a type of railroad sleeping car. He spent many years promoting this car in Europe, and it was eventually sold to the Pullman Company. In his later years, Mann became the publisher of the Mobile Register and several popular magazines in the New York City area, including The Smart Set and Town Topics. However, the credibility of Town Topics suffered when Mann made a tacit admission in civil court, acknowledging that he allowed wealthy individuals to purchase immunity from unfavorable coverage in the paper. In 1906, The New York Times reported that Mann claimed to have received loans from several millionaires, including $25,000 from William K. Vanderbilt.