Promissory note for a loan from the Central Bank of Alabama to the State of Alabama.
Item
Identifier
RSG00248_f10_Q0000134962_Q0000134963
Title
Promissory note for a loan from the Central Bank of Alabama to the State of Alabama.
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Type
Text
Creator
Moore, Andrew B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873
Date
1861 January 24
Description
Letter written by A.B. Moore indebting the state of Alabama to the Central Bank of Alabama for a loan amount of $105,882.30. The amount has an interest rate of 8% per year and is set to be paid by January 24, 1862. A.B. Moore signs this letter as the Governor of Alabama and the letter is countersigned by the Comptroller, W.J. Green on January 24, 1861.
Format
letter
Place
Montgomery (Ala.)
Publisher
Alabama Department of Archives and History. (electronic version)
Contributor
Ava Gibbs
transcription
The State of Alabama
Know all men by these Presents
That the State of Alabama hereby
acknowledges itself to owe and be in-
debted to the Central Bank of Alabama
in the sum of One hundred and
Five Thousand Eight hundred and
Eighty two 30/100 Dollars, being the amount
borrowed by me as the Governor of said
State from said Central Bank on the
24th day of January, A. D. 1861 under
the provisions of an Ordinance of
the Convention of said State, entitled
"an Ordinance for the Purchase of Pro
visions," adopted 14th January, 1861, which
said sum of One hundred and Five
Thousand Eight hundred and Eighty
two 30/100 Dolars, with the Interest thereon,
at the rate of Eight per centum per an
num, is due and payable to said Bank
or its order, at the Office of the Treasurer
of said State, on the 24th day of Janu
-ary, in the year 1862
In witness whereof I Andrew
B Moore Governor of said
State have signed this Obli
gation, and caused the same
to be countersigned by the
Comptroller of Public Accounts
and the Great Seal of the
State to be affixed on this
the 24th day of January
A. D. 1861
A. B. Moore
Gov of Ala
W. J. Greene,
Contr. P. A.
Money -
borrowed
by Gov
1861.
Know all men by these Presents
That the State of Alabama hereby
acknowledges itself to owe and be in-
debted to the Central Bank of Alabama
in the sum of One hundred and
Five Thousand Eight hundred and
Eighty two 30/100 Dollars, being the amount
borrowed by me as the Governor of said
State from said Central Bank on the
24th day of January, A. D. 1861 under
the provisions of an Ordinance of
the Convention of said State, entitled
"an Ordinance for the Purchase of Pro
visions," adopted 14th January, 1861, which
said sum of One hundred and Five
Thousand Eight hundred and Eighty
two 30/100 Dolars, with the Interest thereon,
at the rate of Eight per centum per an
num, is due and payable to said Bank
or its order, at the Office of the Treasurer
of said State, on the 24th day of Janu
-ary, in the year 1862
In witness whereof I Andrew
B Moore Governor of said
State have signed this Obli
gation, and caused the same
to be countersigned by the
Comptroller of Public Accounts
and the Great Seal of the
State to be affixed on this
the 24th day of January
A. D. 1861
A. B. Moore
Gov of Ala
W. J. Greene,
Contr. P. A.
Money -
borrowed
by Gov
1861.
Subject
Greene, William J., 1817-1885;
Moore, A. B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873;
Central Bank of Alabama;
Governors--Alabama;
Alabama--Economic conditions;
Alabama--Politics and government--To 1865;
Banks and banking--Alabama;
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Economic aspects;
Montgomery (Ala.);
Montgomery County (Ala.)
Moore, A. B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873;
Central Bank of Alabama;
Governors--Alabama;
Alabama--Economic conditions;
Alabama--Politics and government--To 1865;
Banks and banking--Alabama;
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Economic aspects;
Montgomery (Ala.);
Montgomery County (Ala.)