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Les diagrammes suivants iiiuvtrent la mAthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 — 2 '7 SIR, -' ^i%- A NUMBER of the Inhabitants of the town of Kingston having associated for the purpose of establishing a Bank, with a Capital of 250,000 Dollars, in Shares of Fifty Dollars each, and being desirous that the advantages ivhich it is hoped will result from the Institution, should be extended to their Friends in every quarter of the Country, they have directed us to invite you. Sir, to become a Stockholder, and to request that you will be pleased to signify to its, at as early a day as possible, the number of Shares you may think proper to sub* scribe for » A Deposit of Four Dollars per share will be required, to entitle the person subscribing to his Scrip, or Certificate of Stock ; nor will this call be jiiade until the Bank goes into operation-'wbich will not be until Five Hundred Shares are subscribed. It is intended to apply to the ensuing Parliament for an Act of Incorporation / but if that be refused, it is contemplated to carry on the establishment as a private Bank, provided the subscriptions to the stock be suffi* cient to form the Capital proposed, -^ To avoid the evils to which Banks in the United States hdve been exposed, no expence will be spared to engage the most eminent Engraver, and in procuring Paper of the finest texture ; and while in this particular the Public may receive our paper with little or no dread of imposition, the Punctuality with which it will ever be redeemed, will, we confidently trust, give to our Notes such a Cur* rency as in a short time, to render our Banking Establishment as well advanta* . geous and beneficial to the Country, as profitable to the Proprietors, -"We there" fore strongly count upon the cordial support of every true Friend of the Country* We are respectfully. Sir, ,^^ Tour Most Obedient Servants^ v Kingston, /^ 7 ^ December, 1810. 3 i ■ -' / ■ yi^^ CAi /^^£^^ '- y ' A' /) '■/C