1850 FAYETTEVILLE NC LETTER - GREAT BANKING CONTENT - WANTS ,000 IN GOLD

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1 pg. letter, approx. 7-7/8" x 9-7/8", datelined
"Bank of Fayetteville N.C., 14 Sept. 1850"
, from the Bank's cashier, W. G. Broadfoot, to D. A. Davis, Cashier of the bank at Salisbury, NC.
Mailed as a stampless folded letter with blue FAYETTEVILLE/N.C. cds postmark, and blue "PAID" & "5" handstamps.
Great banking content, in which Broadfoot encloses a check on the Bank of New York for ,000, (equivalent to nearly 0,000 today) and asks Davis to deliver to a Mr. Boon, the same amount in
gold
, and says he can give Mr. Boon another ,000 in gold for the Fayetteville Bank "if you are disposed to part with more). He also advises that he sent a package of Bank Notes of the Salisbury branch  by Mr. Boon, to be exchanged for banknotes of the Fayetteville bank.
The letter reads:
"Dear Sir,
I enclose my ck on Bank of New York for Twenty Thousand Dollars, for which please deliver to S. Boon Esq. a like amount in gold for this Bank - if you are disposed to part with more, you may let him have for us ,000 more & I will remit you upon advice. We sent a package
[of]
notes
[of]
your branch, pr. Mr. Boon, ,614, which you can arrange with him for as suites you - that is for our notes - what you have on hand now & the bal. to be sent as you may receive them, or it may be placed to our credit to be drawn for, or he may return them to us.
Your obt. Servant,
W.G. Broadfoot
Cash'r
Please say to Mr. Boon that he managed the business confided to him at Cheraw very satisfactorily.
W.G. B'foot
C."
Fine.
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