Letter from W. J. Norris in Selma, Alabama, to Governor A. B. Moore in Montgomery, Alabama.

Item

Identifier

RSG00248_f10_Q0000135008

Title

Letter from W. J. Norris in Selma, Alabama, to Governor A. B. Moore in Montgomery, Alabama.

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Type

Text

Creator

Norris, W.J.

Date

1861 February 16

Description

On February 16, 1861, W. J. Norris, President of the Commercial Bank of Alabama in Selma, responded to Governor A. B. Moore’s telegram, confirming the discounting of his draft and its deposit to his credit.

Format

letter

Place

Selma (Ala.)

Publisher

Alabama Department of Archives and History. (electronic version)

Contributor

Bryson Jackson

transcription

Commercial
Bank
Selma

W. J. NORRIS, Pres't.
T. C. DANIEL, Cash'r.

Capital, $500,000

Commercial Bank of Alabama,

Selma, Ala., 16th Feby 1861

His Excellency
A B Moore
Montgomery

Your Telegram of to day
Recd & answered - We
wrote you on the 11th Saying
your draft had been discounted
& amt placed to your
credit 9.91 11/100

Verry Respectfully
Yr Obt Srv
W J Norris
Prest,
It frequently happens
our dispatches are not
Recd -

Subject

Moore, A. B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873;
Norris, W. J.;
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;
Selma (Ala.);
Dallas County (Ala.)