Van Buren Argus- Crawford County, Arkansas November 8, 1905 FOUND CONFEDERATE DEPOSIT SLIPS A few days ago S A Hinkle in looking over a lot of old papers left by his uncle, John Hinkle, deceased, found a number of deposit slips that looked good to him for they read as follows: Washington, Ark., 12-24-1864 This certifies that John Hinkle has deposited in this office nine hundred and ninety nine dollars of "old issue" treasury notes to be exchanged on his order for two-thirds of that sum in "new issue" notes under an act of Congress of 17th of February, 1864, when this office will be supplied with funds for this purpose on the surrender of this certificate. Signed Edward Cross. There were a number of these certificates for different sums dated all within a few days of that of the above, the amount shown being $19,750. The only trouble is that the certificates were signed by an officer of the treasury department of the Confederate States and the "old issue" notes deposited were Confederate money that the Hinkle Brothers has accumulated during the war, and after the collapse the "new issue" being of less value than the old they retained the deposit slips which remain mute witnesses of the financial loss the war caused this one family. Fran Alverson Warren e-mail: alverson@valuelinx.net 479-369-2703 http://www.crawfordcountyarkansas.net/