Checks An uncut sheet of counter checks from the Washington Branch of the Bank of Cape Fear, circa 1858 featuring a vignette of General George Washington mounted on horseback. An interesting check drawn on the Bank of Cape Fear at Fayetteville on March 1st 1852 made payable to “Artis, a man of colour” in the amount of $164. The check was printed by the Observer Office – publisher of the Fayetteville Observer newspaper which is still published in Fayetteville and lays claim to the oldest newspaper in the state.

Promissory Notes Secured by Bank Stock Dated August 1st 1844, this simply printed Promissory Note in the amount of $1000 is secured by 19 shares of Stock in the Bank of Cape Fear. The Note comes due in 89 days and is signed by James Evans. Dated December 8th 1846, this Promissory Note in the amount of $125 secured by two shares of Stock in the Bank of Cape Fear is much more elaborately printed than the one issued just over two years earlier. The note was printed by the Observer Office – publisher of the Fayetteville Observer newspaper which is still published in Fayetteville and lays claim to the oldest newspaper in the state.

Stock Installment Payment Reciepts An unused sheet of receipts for installment payments on the purchase of Bank of Cape Fear Stock hard dated 1934. Unfortunately ink bled through the thin paper from other sheets in the stack causing a ghost image that makes the sheet appear blurred.

Deposit Reciepts Circa 1850s this unused deposit receipt from the Branch Bank of Cape Fear in little Washington was printed by Rich & Loutrel, Stationers, 61 Williams St, New York.