Dear Nannie... yours devotedly, Charlie 239 Appendices 240 Dear Nannie... yours devotedly, Charlie Dear Nannie... yours devotedly, Charlie 241 1861 Housekeeping Expenses for the year 1861. C M Figgat 1861 To Amt forward 1861 To Amt forward Jany 3 To paid for Flour $15.00 Feby 14 By Amt forward $90.73 Mar 23 $110.11 May 4 $133.97 “ 1 Bus Meal $0.80 “ “ 1 Bus Meal $0.90 25 1/2 doz Fish $0.25 “ “ 1 Barrel Flour $7.00 “ 1/4 [Bus] Dried Peaches $0.63 Feb 22 Eggs $0.30 27 2 “[doz] Eggs $0.20 “ “ Milk $2.40 10 Pork @ __ 6 1/2 $37.75 27 Turkey $0.50 Apr 1 Milk $2.18 “ “ 5 __ Buff 10c $0.50 11 Beef @ 6 1/2 $10.25 28 22 __ Bacon 15__ $3.30 3 4 1/2 doz Eggs $0.45 6 “ Butter & Buff $3.00 14 2 c Starch $0.25 “ Milk $1.40 “ Basket & Butter $1.00 8 “ Eggs $0.30 “ Cutting up meat $1.00 Mar 1st Eggs $0.25 5 Buff a/c $2.50 15 2 lbs 2 oz Butter $0.35 19 Coal Oil $1.25 2 Celery seed $0.05 8 Chase & Whiting $0.15 “ Eggs $0.35 “ 1 Brick (Knife cleaner) $0.25 4th 2 lbs. Butter $0.40 10 Potatoes $0.50 16 Asparagus $0.08 “ 6 doz Eggs $0.75 5th 1 lb Spanish Brown $0.10 “ 39 __ Crushed Sugar 11 $4.45 18 1 Load Wood $1.75 25 3 Bus Potatoes $1.50 8 3 chickens $0.50 1/4 “ “ “ 85 Cabbage $3.00 11 2 “ $0.35 10 __ Brown [sugar] 10c $1.00 20 Butter & Crackers $0.50 30 16 __ Buckwheat $0.55 “ 1 Gal Oil $1.50 13 2 __ Butter $0.40 21 2 Loads Wood $5.00 “ 31 Milk for Janry $1.20 “ 2 lbs Butter $0.33 15 4 1/2 c [Butter] $0.75 24 2 Chickens $0.35 “ 4 loads wood $10.00 18 1 Bus Meal $0.80 16 Apples & Eggs $0.55 31 Butter & Chickens $1.33 “ “ Cutting Do $2.00 “ Paregoric & Magnesia $0.15 19 2 loads Wood $5.00 Milk $2.25 “ Feby 6 Sundries, bot J T Mc- $0.40 20 Butter & Eggs $0.70 22 4 __ Beef $0.35 Beef a/c $2.00 Crum 25 Butter & asparagus $0.55 June 6 Butter & Eggs $0.53 7 1 Load wood $2.50 23 Beeswax $0.10 30 2 1/2 Bus-Meal $1.88 “ Coal Oil $1.50 9 4 1/2 __ Butter $0.90 “ 3 loads wood $7.50 May 1 1 Gal Oil $1.50 10 Eggs $0.50 14 3 gal Vinegar $0.75 “ 1/2 Bus Apples $0.25 2 1/2 lb Macaroni $0.10 12 Oil & Butter $2.00 $90.73 $110.11 3 1 doz Eggs $0.10 18 “ [Oil] & “ [Butter} $2.25 $133.97 $167.91 242 Dear Nannie... yours devotedly, Charlie Dear Nannie... yours devotedly, Charlie 243 6 yds Cotton $12.00 3 “ [yds] Cambria $1.50 2 Bats Cotton Cash Acct 1865 Feb 9 Cash on hand $45.00 Farmers Bank of Fincastle In a/c with N G Figgat. 1863 1863 Feb 16 Chk on Bk Rockbridge 1378.11 Feb 27 Chk in for C M Figgat $20.00 ‘ “ 33.75 Mar 9 “ “ T G Godwin 211.50 Elharts ck on C States d 75.00 “ “ “ Self 5.00 Jun 20 To Amt forward $167.91 Sep 20 To Amt forward $194.50 1486.86 “ “ “ Ed S Churchman 20.00 “ Load wood $3.00 “ Bacon $5.00 1486.50 April 6 “ “ Self 10.00 Chickens $0.55 Oct 1 Beef a/c $2.77 0.36 “ “ “ Miss N Figgat 220.00 Beef $1.30 “ Milk $3.00 14 Milk $3.00 “ Sundries $0.25 June Chk C States 225.00 18 “ “ Confederate Bonds 1000.00 Butter $0.60 10 Potatoes 0.25 30 “ Mr Norgrove 50.00 1486.00 July 8 Chickens $0.90 15 Butter $1.00 Nov “ C States (Elhart) 175.00 [faint writing or blank] Aug 1 Milk $2.05 “ 8 Chickens $1.00 Feb “ “ “ 150.00 June Chk in for T G Godwin 37.86 “ 8 __ Butter $1.33 31 3 ___ $0.50 1864 19 “ Sundries $0.50 “ Pumpkins $0.25 600.36 July 8 “ “ Self 40.00 9 1 load wood $3.00 “ Milk & Butter $4.00 Sept 5 “ I R Godwin 60.00 14 4 Chickens $0.50 Dec 3 doz Eggs ___ $0.50 “ “ C M Figgat 30.00 25 Butter $1.00 1 bottle Eso Lemon $0.12 Oct 13 “ T G Godwin 10.00 Sundries $0.50 2 doz Eggs .15 $0.30 Dec 23 “ Ed’ S Churchman 20.00 30 Chickens $1.00 2 Turkeys “ “ “ “ Self 30.00 “ Peaches $0.25 3 lbs Flour Jan 2 “ “ T G Godwin 30.00 Corn $0.10 1 bu Meal ‘64 Sept 1 Milk $2.25 1 pk Onions “ 21st “ “ “ “ “ 16.00 14 6 __ Butter $1.00 1 “ [pk] Dried Apples 27 “ “ Self 20.00 18 1 load Wood $3.10 Pork 293.86 “ Corn & Tomatoes $0.66 Oysters $194.50 244 Dear Nannie... yours devotedly, Charlie Dear Nannie... yours devotedly, Charlie 245 Newspaper Articles about Charlie’s Downfall, List and Samples Farmers Bank of Fincastle in a/c with N G Figgat Amt br’ot forward 600.36 Amt br’ot forward 293.86 Interest on C Bond 56.35 Chk given in Sept in for C 25.00 1. Washington Times, Feb. 16, 1895: Virginia Cashier Gone Wrong M F 2. Alexandria Gazette and Virginia Advertiser, Feb. 16, 1895: Virginia News… 656.71 Jany Chk “ 144.00 “ 3. Norfolk Virginian, Feb. 16, 1895: Defaulting Cashier Mar “ “ “ 35.00 4. Chicago Daily Tribune, Feb 16, 1895: Bank at Richmond, Va., Closed 18 Confed Bond 100.00 “ Chk in for Self 58.85 5. The Times (Richmond), Feb. 17, 1895: Shortage of Over $145,000 Farmers Bank of Fincastle [correct] 656.71 6. Charlotte Observer, Feb. 17, 1895: The Lexington Defalcation 1865 7. Chicago Daily Tribune, Feb. 17, 1895: Lexington Bank $140,000 Short Jany Interest on C Bond 40.00 In a/c with N G Figgat Feb Money deposited 180.00 1865 8. New York Herald, Feb. 17, 1895: Figgat’s Big Defalcation 9th 9. Chicago Daily Tribune, Feb. 18, 1895: Figgat Probably Took $150,000 220.00 Mar 14 Chk in for C. M. F. 50.00 50.00 10. San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 18, 1895: A Heavy Defalcation Due April 1865 170.00 11. Washington Post, Feb. 19, 1895: Probing a Bank Steal 12. Alexandria Gazette, Feb. 19, 1895: The Lexington Bank Failure [disbound pages 2 of 4 sides] [disbound pages 3 of 4 sides] 13. Baltimore Sun, Feb. 19, 1895: [Summary of the News] 14. Baltimore Sun, Feb. 19, 1895: Sensational Developments in the Lexington Defalcation Paid for Onions 0.15 a/c with N G Figgat “ “ Peas 0.50 15. Charlotte Observer, Feb. 19, 1895: [A mass meeting…] “ “ Cakes 0.20 Deposited with Pa 47.50 16. The State (Columbia, SC), Feb. 19, 1895: Lexington’s Broken Bank “ “ Onions 0.10 17. Chicago Daily Tribune, Feb. 19, 1895: Figgat’s Assistant Arrested “ “ Strawberries 0.60 “ “ Box Ointment 0.10 May 25th 1867 18. Washington Post, Feb. 20, 1895: Figgat’s Steal Growing “ “ Onions 0.10 received from 19. Baltimore Sun, Feb. 20, 1895: The Figgatt Defalcation “ “ Sewing ? Mr. ____tzer for milk 0.70 20. Knoxville Journal, Feb. 20, 1895: Shortage Grows 0.25 0.25 21. New York Herald, Feb. 20, 1895: Figgat’s Heavy Defalcation 0.25 22. Santa Fe Daily New Mexican, Feb. 20, 1895: Thefts of a Cashier 0.25 0.25 23. Washington Post, Feb. 21, 1895: Figgat Has Fled the Country “ 17 0.25 24. Charlotte Observer, Feb. 21, 1895: Figgat Out of the Country “ 22 3.10 25. Atlanta Constitution, Feb. 21, 1895: The Shortage Increasing 26. Macon Daily Telegraph, Feb. 21, 1895: Figgat’s Plan of Forgery 246 Dear Nannie... yours devotedly, Charlie Dear Nannie... yours devotedly, Charlie 247 27. [Rockbridge] County News, Feb. 21, 1895. 53. Washington Post, July 7, 1895: Irvine’s Explanation Clear 28. San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 21, 1895: The Shortage Increasing 54. Charlotte Observer, July 7, 1895: The Lexington Bank Case 29. Highland Recorder (Monterey, Highland Co.), Feb. 22, 1895: Bank of Lexington Closed 55. Alexandria Gazette, Sept. 28, 1895: Virginia News 30. The State (Columbia, S. C.), Feb. 22, 1895: The Figgat Steal 56. Baltimore Sun, Nov. 9, 1895: Rockbridge Notes 31. Richmond Planet, Feb. 23, 1895: [Editorial] 57. Baltimore Sun, Jan. 7, 1898: At the close of business… 32. Peninsula Enterprise (Accomac), Feb. 23, 1895: Remarkable Defalcation of Cashier Figgatt of the 58. Lexington Gazette, March 1, 1899: Death Reveals the Secret Bank of Lexington 59. Virginian-Pilot, March 1, [1899]: A Mystery Cleared Up 33. Highland Recorder (Monterey, Highland Co.), March 1, 1895: [No new developments…] 60. Charlotte Observer, March 2, 1899: Death Reveals the Identity of a Bank Wrecker 34. Highland Recorder (Monterey, Highland Co.), March 1, 1895: Lexington’s Wrecked Bank 61. Macon Telegraph, March 2, 1899: Charles M. Figgat Dead 35. Peninsula Enterprise (Accomac), March 2, 1895, [Editorial] 62. Lexington Gazette, March 9, 1898: R. K. Godwin a Free Man 36. Baltimore Sun, March 8, 1895: Virginia Affairs: The Wholesale Looting of the Bank of Lexington 63. Baltimore Sun, March 9, 1898: Godwin Pardoned 37. Philadelphia Inquirer, March 8, 1895: [Grand jury found indictments…] 64.