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1843 Exeter Bank, New Hampshire Letter Signed, The Bank will Close in One Year!

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1843 Exeter Bank, New Hampshire Letter Signed, The Bank will Close in One Year!
Obsolete Currency
New Hampshire Exeter Bank President States: Bank will close in one year not properly licensed by the Legislature
June 7th, 1843-Dated, Manuscript Letter Signed, “B.(enjamin) Abbot,” as President of the Exeter Bank, New Hampshire, regarding the Bank’s Charter and State License, Choice Extremely Fine.
Signed original Letter where the noted Bank President Benjamin Abbott gives notice of “The President and Directors and Company of the Exeter Bank to close per provisions in the Bank Charter and in the interest of the Stockholders. That the Senate and House of the New Hampshire Legislature must properly grant a proper license,” etc. Boldly Signed by Benjamin Abbot, “By order of the Stockholders” at the conclusion. Docket on the reverse reads: “Petition of ‘The President and Directors and Company of the Exeter Bank’ to close the affairs of said Bank.” Written in another hand below, “Permitted by Woodbridge Allin from Exeter.” A historical Bank record during the Obsolete Currency period, on a noted New Hampshire bank by it’s well known and important President.
Benjamin Abbot (1762–1849). American school teacher at the Phillips Exeter Academy. His students included such prominent individuals as: Lewis Cass, Daniel Webster, Edward Everett, Jared Sparks, and Francis Bowen. Daniel Webster paid tribute to him at his retirement.