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the bonds which had been deposited in
that bank by Charles Crocker?

A. I do not think I ever had any such
correspondence.

Q. 980 I will ask you, Mr. Brown, with refer=
=ence to certain promissory notes paid by
the Contract and Finance Company. Do
you recollect the payment of certain notes to
Michael Reese by you, as the secretary of the
Contract and Finance Company?

A. I think we have had transactions
and loans from Michael Reese several times.
I do not know which ones you refer to.

Q. 981 Do you recollect how those notes were
executed?

A. Do you refer to any particular notes?

Q. 982 I am speaking of any of them.

A. I think they were signed by the in=
=dividual members of the Contract and Finance
Company, instead of the corporation.

Q. 983 You mean Messrs. Stanford, C. P. Huntington,
Hopkins and Crocker?

A. I think so. I do not remember those
particular notes that you speak of. That
was a custom the company had.

Q. 984 I will ask you with reference to a note
paid to Michael Reese in the month of
October, 1870: Was that made by the individ=

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