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The Daily Dispatch: August 12, 1862., [Electronic resource], Theatrical Provost. (search)
, of Richmond, who was employed by an officer of one of the banks to assist in ferreting out the operator. The notes were printed in Lynchburg, upon the order of Roger L. Martin, who stated in his letter that no paper of a suitable kind could be obtained in Alabama or Georgia, and, as he had visited Liberty to see a sick son, he concluded to have the printing done in Virginia. Of the Central Bank notes $13,500 were printed, of the denomination of $2, $3, $4, signed C. Bon. President, and P. Cann, Cashier; of the Merchants' Bank, $4,000, signed by J. L. Long, Cashier. Hewitt's son was agent of the Express Company, and the packages of notes were thus received without difficulty. A considerable amount of this bogus money has been circulated in Pendleton county, and in Southwestern Virginia, and a good deal passed upon soldiers travelling through Liberty. It is probable, also, that some has found its way to Richmond, and the public are cautioned against it. Hewitt was examined on Sa