Letter from unidentified sender in Mobile, Alabama, to Governor A. B. Moore regarding appointment of agency for selling state bonds |

Item

Identifier

RSG00248_f10_Q0000135000

Title

Letter from unidentified sender in Mobile, Alabama, to Governor A. B. Moore regarding appointment of agency for selling state bonds |

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Type

Text

Creator

Unknown

Date

1861 January 29

Description

The writer’s hoping to get the Governor’s go-ahead to set up an agency in Mobile to help sell state bonds. They vouch for some locals they trust to handle the job with care and reputation.

Format

Letter

Place

Mobile (Ala.)

Publisher

Alabama Department of Archives and History. (electronic version)

Contributor

Spencer Hodge

transcription

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

Capital, $500,000.

Commercial Bank of Alabama,

Selma, Ala. Jany 30 1861

His Excellency A B Moore Montgomery

Dear Sir:

I have recvd a Telegram from the Cash of Citizens Bank announcing the safe arrival of the Coin

Very Resptly Tho C Daniels Cashr

I enclose the Dispatch

They have been profusely instructed as to whose credit it is to go to

Subject

Moore, A. B. (Andrew Barry), 1807–1873; State bonds—Alabama; Banks and banking—Alabama; Alabama—Politics and government—To 1865; United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Economic aspects; Mobile (Ala.); Mobile County (Ala.)