1906-1921 First National Bank Winnemucca Nevada Letters Lot Nixon Wingfield 3575

Lot of three original signed business letters on the letterhead of The First National Bank of Winnemucca, Nevada (national bank charter No. 3575), dated 1906, 1910 and 1921. This is the bank robbed in 1900 in a holdup long attributed to Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch.

Together the letters trace fifteen years of the bank's history. The printed letterheads show the presidency passing from George S. Nixon, U.S. Senator from Nevada, to George Wingfield, the state's leading banker and mine owner. Capital and surplus grows from $135,000 to $300,000 across the three.

All three were sent to the Bell Conservatory Co., a Sacramento florist, and come from that company's business files.

1. April 11, 1906. Typed letter signed by F. M. Lee, Cashier, cancelling a flower order. Letterhead names Nixon as President. Capital and surplus $135,000.
2. May 25, 1910. Typed letter signed by J. Sheehan, Cashier, enclosing a $3.00 draft for red or white carnations. Letterhead names Nixon as President. Capital and surplus $250,000.
3. May 7, 1921. Typed letter signed by J. Sheehan, Vice President, about a wreath order missent to Susanville, California, with a $4.00 check for carnations. Letterhead names Wingfield as President. Capital and surplus $300,000.

Signatures are those of bank officers Lee and Sheehan. Nixon and Wingfield appear as printed names in the letterheads.

Condition: All three have file holes at the top and mailing folds, as expected for office records. The 1906 letter has a creased upper left corner, a chip and short tears along the right edge, and a small pencil notation at upper right. The 1910 and 1921 letters are clean with light toning. Please review the photos, which are part of the description.