Charles Walsh to B. M., thirty-one kegs specie, 5,000 dollars each, together 155,000 dollars, January 3, 1863
(G.)—Mr. Walsh to Mr. Scrimgeour.
Dear Sir: This institution deposited in the French consul’s hands, for safekeeping, in May last, thirty-one kegs of specie, containing each 5,000 Mexican dollars, together $155,000, appropriated by the State of Alabama to pay the British and other foreign holders of State bonds the interest due on sums as follows:
| £ | s. | d. | ||||
| 1863— | June 1 | 7,380 | 17 | 7. | Payable at | the Union bank. |
| July 1 | 3,215 | 11 | 9. | Do. | do. | |
| July 1 | 465 | 17 | 3. | Payable at | Messrs. Rothschilds’. | |
| 1864— | January 1 | 3,215 | 11 | 9. | Payable at | the Union bank. |
| January 1 | 465 | 17 | 3. | Payable at | Messrs. Rothschilds’. | |
| June 1 | 9,380 | 17 | 7. | Payable at | the Union bank. | |
| July 1 | 3,215 | 11 | 9. | Do. | do. | |
| July 1 | 465 | 17 | 3. | Payable at | Messrs. Rothschilds’. | |
| 29,806 | 2 | 2. |
The arrival of her Britannic Majesty’s ship Vesuvius, Lieutenant Crooke, affords the opportunity of sending this forward; and the said specie has been turned over to her Britannic Majesty’s acting consul here, James Magee, esq., who has shipped it by the said vessel to James G. Crawford, esq., her Britannic Majesty’s consul general at Havana, and who is requested to ship the same, by the British mail steamer, to your consignment, for the purpose of paying it over to the parties holding the said interest coupons under such arrangements as have heretofore existed with you by this bank.
The charges for freight from this port, and all expenses belonging thereto, you will please pay to the debit of this bank.
I remain, &c.,
B. M., thirty-one kegs specie, 5,000 dollars each, together 155,000 dollars.