Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1819-05-11
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States may serve the public interest, by
publishing the letter and this introduc.
ton.
{" Cincinnati, (Ohio) September 1, 1918.
SRI have succeeded beyond my
most saDguine expectations in getting
plates engraved. l have employed Mr..
I"J. w." to engrave plates for the list you
last forwarded me. He is most supe-
rior engraver but as he will not be able
to execute the whole as soon as could
wish, be has employed Mr.. "L. r."
and Mr.. N. p" to assist him. Mr..
N. Pr is also an excellent engraver.
Since | left New-York, | have had
employed no less than seven engravers,
all OF them pretty good workmen-but
you must be sensible that it W ould REQUIRE
a great many to perform the work l have
had done. They have, all of them, ex-
cept Mr.. +" N. p" engaged to take the
bills we shall have struck from the plates
OF their own engraving in pay for the
work. Mr.. 6 N. P" is such an internal
coward, he will not consent to take any
part of his pay in his own notes, SO that
wish you would forward me hundred
or more dollars in good money, as soon as
you receive this. We shall feel the loss
Of bIr Emmons very much. You have
doubtless heard the particulars of his sp-
prehension and confinement, for. being
concerned 10 robbing the Farmers and
Mechanics bank of Pittsburg. / eau
toned him against having any concern in
| it, but he would not hear to me. | would
not have believed him such cursed fool
as TO have disclosed the whole transaction,
and where the money was concealed. You
have doubtless heard the particulars of
this affair from some of our associates, as
it occurred last spriug.-A Pittsburg pa
per OF the 9Th of June, mentions the Cir
cumstance. must confess have had
some fears that the poor penitent sinner
would disclose something that would send
our plans all to the devil, il not us with
them. However, the time has passed Oh
so long, that | think we may consider
ourselves pretty secure. If you have as
good success 10 procuring paper for the
bills as | have had in getting the plates
we shall be able to inundate the whole
United States and Canada. If we UNDER
take to dispatch business on the scale we
have commenced, we shall require tleast
three printing presses. The expense Of
erecting these you know will be no OBJ
ject should think we'll of having one
in Newly ork, under your immediate in
spection; one in Boston, under the direc-
too of Mr.. &c L. S. B." and one at this
place, which l will undertake the charge
OF myself.
As the bills of the banks in your state
are generally more current in the differ
ent sections Of the union, you will per-
ceive by the following list have had
more plates made for them than any
others. To give you an idea of the I'M
precedented success | have had, | will
give you a list of the plates | have got
under way, proceeding in alphabetical
order, viz.-Albany Bank, Aqueduct as
ISOLATION, Auburn Bank, Boston. do.
Bridgeport, Baltimore, Chester, Catskili,
Columbia at Hudson, do. at Washington
City, Cape Fear, Derby, Delaware
county, Delaware Bridge company, Eagle
Bank of New Haven. Farmers & Me-
chanic's Bank, Albany, Farmers Bank
Of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, Far
mer's Bank of Virginia, Geneva Bank,
Germantown do. Hudson do. Hartford do.
Jefferson county do. Lansingburgh do.
Morristown do. Middletown do. Middle
district do. Mount Holly do. Newburgh
do. Newark do. New-Haven do. New
York state do. Niagara do. New-London
do. Newbern do. Ontario do. Providence
do. Philadelphia banks, generally, PhG-
nix do. Hartford, Plattsburgh do. Salem
do. Of Massachusetts, Silver Lake do.
State banks of New-Jersey, Troy Bank,
Utica do. United States do.-( Though
by the bye, | had forgot to tell you | al
most despaired of finding an engraver,
who would undertake TO copy Uncle
Sans plate, being much more difficult
than the others, but Mr.. g /. W." has
done it to title on comparing it with
genuine bill, you can perceive no diff
ference at all, except it may be the en-
craving may be little more bold, but
this difference may be owing to our trying
on paper that was whittier than the genu-
inc bills are done on to proceed, Vir-
GINA Bank, Washington and Warren do.
Washington do. of the district Columbia,
all the Banks in the city of New Y ork.
| On most of the above banks have plates
for number Of different sized bills.
| Please to write me, aud tell whether
you have lately heard from Mr.. CO. w. L."
and r.. g." who were in Canada when
you wrote me last, aud what success they
have had. I think it would be well for
i you to look out for about dozen good,
trusty, bold, active, sly, cunning, sharp,