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BANKS.

UNION BANK.
Capital—$300,000 
President—Edward Thomas. 
Cashier—John Craig.
Directors—Edward Thomas, William R  Jackson, Germain T Dortic, John K Jackson,
John Craig.

BRANCH BANK OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
Capital, $400,000. 
President—Thomas Barret. 
Cashier—Grenvile Simmons.
Directors—Thos Barrett, J P Garvin,  AAr C Jessup,  Geo W Lewis, L C Warren,
John W Walker, John H Phinney 

MECHANICS' BANK. 
Capital—500,000. 
President- T S Metcalf.
Cashier—M Hatch.
Directors—T S Metcalf, Jacob Danforth, Foster Blodget, James B Walker, Alfred
Baker, Josiah Sibley, James B Bishop, W S Roberts, Robt O Kerr.

CITY BANK.
Capital—$400,000. 
President—A Gould. 
Cashier—W J Sanes.
Directors—A Gould. J 0 Fargo, B Couley. G N Newton, W H Stark.

BANK OF AUGUSTA.
Capital—$600,000.
President—John Bones.
Cashier—James W Davis.
Directors—John Bones, Robert A Reid, Henry H Cumming, John Davison, M Wilkirson,
E Staunes. James W Davis, Wm Shear, L D Lallerstedt, James Brown, John A Moore,
Henry Moore.

GEORGIA RAIL ROAD & BANKING COMPANY.
Bank Capital—$500,000.
Whole capital of the Company—$4,156,000.
President—John P King.
Cashier—Joseph Milligan.
Directors—B H Warren, John Bones, James W Davis, W M D'Antignac, Eligah E Jones,
Samuel Barnett, Asbury Hall, John Cunninghan, Ferdenand Phemzy, George J
Jackson, Wm D Conyors, Richard Peters, Antoine Poullain, Thomas M Hamilton,
George W Evans, Masillon P Stovall.

AUGUSTA INSURANCE AND BANKING COMPANY.
Capital—$375,000. 
President—William M D'Antignac. 
Cashier—Robert Walton.
Directors-W M D'Antignac, E Henkell, S D Linton, Y McCord, Wm J Owens.

EXCHANGE BANKERS.
F C Baker and Wood, Eddy & Co.

WILD CAT BANKS.
[From the Chronicle and Sentinel.]

  To enable the people to protect themselves as much as possible against these
swindling shops, we subjoin a list of them—all of which we regard totally
unworthy of confidence or credit:

  Merchants Bank of Macon, Interior Bank, Griffin; LaGrange Bank, LaGrange;
Cheerokee Insurance and Banking Company, Dalton; Planters'and Mechanics'Bank,
Dalton; North Western Bank, Ringold; Bank of Greenboro, Greenboro.

BROKEN BANKS.
  Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Bank, Columbus; Exchange Bank, Griffin; Southern
Bank, Bainbridge.



Additional Comments:
DIRECTORY FOR THE
City of Augusta,
AND
BUSINESS ADVERTISER
FOR
1859.

Augusta, Ga.: PUBLISHED BY R. A. WATKINS. 
1859


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