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We are offering three letters from Massachusetts banks on their letterhead:
(1.) 1834 - from Suffolk Bank, Boston to T. R. Miles, Cashier of Wareham Bank, Wareham, MA. "I enclose for collection - $225" [and then the names] "W. H. Pratt and H. K. Pratt." As was common in that era, letters also served as the envelope when folded, sealed with a wax seal and addressed.
(2.) 1864 - from T. R. Miles, Cashier of Wareham Bank to Allen Danforth, Esq. [Plymouth Savings Institution]. "I forwardthe July dividend due Plymouth Savings Institution - my check on Suffolk Bank sixty dollars." Signed, T. R. Miles, Cashier.
(3.) 1867 - from T. R. Miles, Cashier of The National Bank of Wareham to Allen Danforth, Esq., Treasurer of Plymouth Savings Bank. "I enclose check on Suffolk National Bank of Boston for one hundred and thirty dollars $130.00 for dividend due the Plymouth Savings Bank July & January. July 1866 - $60, January 1867 - $70." Signed "T. R. Miles, Cashier, per Gammon." [Wareham Bank became the National Bank of Wareham in 1865, and as we can see Suffolk Bank had become the Suffolk National Bank by 1867.]
**RESEARCH SHOWS - Mr. Gammon [Edward A. Gammons], mentioned above, was given the position of clerk of the National Bank of Warehamin 1863. His family dates back to the early settlers of America who had settled in Plymouth, MA in the mid-1600s, and who fought against the British prior to and during the American Revolution.
