Letter by William Foos (1879)

Wm. Foos, President

F. W. Foos, Cashier
John Foos, Vice Pres.

Capital $100,000

Surplus $80,000

SECOND NATIONAL BANK

Springfield, O Mar 1, 1879

To Whom it May Concern

I would state that the bearer M. T. Burwell a Banker at Gibson Ford County Ills. has loaned for myself & sons, my partner & his family, within the past four years about two hundred thousand dollars, secured by Trust Deeds on lands in Ills.   I have examined most of said lands, and consider every loan Mr. Burwell has made for us safe & well secured.   I would further state our business transactions with Mr. M. T. Burwell has been entirely satisfactory, not withstanding it has been large & extending through several years.

As I own an improved farm of 4,000 acres in Mr. Burwell's neighborhood & keep it stocked, it requires my presence these several times through the year thereby enabling me to judge of the value of the loans Mr. Burwell has made.

Wm Foos

 

Source: the Burwell/Tate Family Papers, KC 233, Folder 1. Burwell family scrapbook and photo album, 1879-1908, photocopied.*

* BURWELL-TATE FAMILY PAPERS, 1850-1930 (K0233), The State Historical Society of Missouri, 800 East 51st Street, 306 Miller Nichols Library UMKC, Kansas City, MO 64110.