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Gouverneur Bancorp, Inc.
42 Church Street
PO Box 297
Gouverneur, New York 13642-0297
315-287-2600 Fax: 305-287-3340
October 8, 1999
Dear Shareholder:
We recently mailed you proxy materials for our Special Meeting of
Stockholders on October 27, 1999. Those proxy materials included a proxy card
for you to complete.
According to our records, we have not yet received your proxy card for
the meeting.
Our Board of Directors unanimously recommends that you vote in favor of
the two proposals listed on the proxy card, and I urge you to do so. Your vote
is important. Please sign and return your proxy card today in the envelope we
have provided so that your shares will be voted at the meeting. Another proxy
card is enclosed for your convenience.
Because mail is sometimes delayed or lost, please send us the enclosed
proxy card even if you have already returned the original.
Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
/s/ RICHARD F. BENNETT
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Richard F. Bennett, President
