Jan. 23 — Explanation of marks, &c.: A star (*) [means] that Thompson Bros. do not buy the notes.
…See the advertisement of the Receiver of the Washington County Bank, R. I. This concern was shaped for a great swindle, and but for our starring the Bank last summer, the rascals would have succeeded… Large amounts of these notes are in the hands of parties (accomplices) who will try to work them off. Don't touch them. There were $700,000 of the notes of this Bank printed for circulation last summer. This was enough for us.
