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Documents on the case Girard Bank v. Samuel Comly, dated March-April 1840.

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Copy of minutes from the District Court of Philadelphia, John K. Kane was sworn in as a practicing attorney of the court at Joseph Hopkinson’s motion, dated April 14, 1817.

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Attached together: Document signed by J.K. Kane, declares a suit between Girard Bank and William Norris over an unpaid promissory note, dated June 1840; Promissory note from William Norris to Girard Bank for $30,000, witnesses R. Patterson and Thomas L. Kane, dated October 10, 1839; Promissory note from William Norris to Girard Bank for $30,000, dated June 13, 1840.

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Letter from Thaddeus Stevens, while in Gettysburg, to John K. Kane, if Wilson cannot pay the note, he will, dated June 4, 1840.

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Letter from Matthew Wilson, while in Harrisburg, to John K. Kane, Thaddeus Stevens was to have paid the note, dated June 4, 840.

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Settlement in the case of the Girard Bank vs. Norris, signed by John K. Kane, dated June 9, 1840.

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Letter from William Norris to John K. Kane, on the “history” of two notes endorsed by Norris, they were deposited by him as collateral in the Philadelphia Loan Company, he has “paid in full” the debt, Girard Bank “is an innocent third party,” dated June 9, 1840.

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Letter from [W.S.?] Barnes, while in Philadelphia, to J.K. Kane, suggesting that the bank take some real estate and stock as payment of a note owed by the late Joseph and Ann Barnes, dated June 9, 1840.

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Promissory note from Jackson, Riddle, and Co., to Girard Bank for $60,000, dated June 12, 1840.

Scope and Contents Documents on the case Girard Bank v. Yeatman, Woods and Co.: Listing of enclosed documents, date of production not identified; Letter from J. Sommerville, Nashville, to William D. Lewis, Girard Bank, on the affair of J. Erwins and Yeatman Woods and Co., dated April 17, 1840; Letter from William Conrad, New Orleans, to John K. Kane, while in Philadelphia, on the case Girard Bank v. Yeatman, Woods and Co., dated July 13, 1840; Protest of non-payment of a promissory note from J. Erwin to...