Notary Protest by William Edward Hayne, Charleston, November 4, 1833 (full sheet)
Book 1, Page 217 ·1833
Transcription
The full printed Notary Protest sheet. Printer’s imprint at upper right: W. Riley, pt. 110 Church-st.
(eagle and shield vignette)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
STATE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA. City of Charleston.
On this day, the [Fourth] of [Novr.] Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, and in the fifty-eighth year of the Independence of the United States of America, At the request of the President, Directors and Company of the Bank of the United States,
I, William Edward Hayne, Esq. Justice of the Quorum, and Notary Public, by lawful authority duly sworn, admitted and commissioned by Letters Patent under the Seal of the said State, residing and practising in the City of Charleston, and State aforesaid, did exhibit the original [Note] whereof a true copy is on the other side written, at the Counting Room of [Bee & Carter] and [left] there a letter addressed to [Bernard] E. Bee demanding Payment, I also put into the Post Office a letter addressed to the said [Bernard E. Bee Pendleton C.H., So. Ca.] demanding Payment to which letters I have received no answer.
Therefore, I, the said Notary, at the request aforesaid, have Protested, and by these presents do solemnly and publicly protest against the Drawer of the said [Note] _______ Endorser or Endorsers, and against all others whom it may concern, for Exchange, Re-Exchange, and all Costs, Charges, Damages and Interests, suffered or sustained, or to be suffered or sustained, for want of [Payment] of the said [Note]
Thus done and Protested at Charleston, aforesaid; the day and year above-written.
In Testimonium Veritatis.
Wm. Edw. Hayne, Q. U. & Notary Public.
A printed notation at the lower left:
PROTEST $2
A faint pencilled docket appears in the lower right margin (the upper edge of the back-panel inscriptions visible on pages 216 and 218):
[Bar]nard E Bee Nov 1[st]
AI Notes
A second view of the same Notary Protest shown on page 215, here showing the full printed sheet including the In Testimonium Veritatis attestation, Hayne’s signature, and the printed PROTEST $2 fee notation at lower left. The instrument protested was a $100 promissory note drawn at Charleston Aug. 3, 1833 by Bernard E. Bee in favor of Thomas Milliken, payable at ninety days (maturity Nov. 1, 1833). Hayne’s signature reads ‘Wm. Edw. Hayne, Q.U. & Notary Public’ (‘Q.U.’ = Quorum Unus, i.e. Justice of the Quorum). The lower-right pencilled docket reads ‘Barnard E Bee / Nov 1st’ (the maturity date).