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Bank Info for NB Charter 138 (1863 - 1936+)

Official Bank Title(s) (Huntoon)
# Bank Title (Change Date) Bank Town
1 The First National Bank of
Bethlehem, PA
2 The First National Bank and Trust Company of (1/22/1930)
Bethlehem, PA
Bank Officer Pairs (OCC/Pollock)
Years Cashier President
1863-1870 Rudolph Friedrich Rauch Charles Augustus Luckenbach
1871-1879 Cyrus Emmanuel Breder Charles Augustus Luckenbach
1880-1896 Cyrus Emmanuel Breder George Henry Myers Sr.
1897-1897 William Baxter Myers George Henry Myers Sr.
1898-1903 William Baxter Myers Joseph M. Leibert
1904-1915 William Baxter Myers Abraham Sebastian Schropp
1916-1919 William Baxter Myers John Samuel Krause
1920-1921 Thomas F. Keim William Baxter Myers
1922-1929 Thomas F. Keim Robert Sayre Taylor
1930-1935 Jesse Morgan Bodder Robert Sayre Taylor
Other Known Bank Note Signers
  • No other known bank note signers for this bank
Bank Note History Links
Bank Note Types Issued (VanBelkum)
Series/Type Sheet/Denoms Serial#s Sheet Comments
1: Original Series 4x5 1 - 6696
1: Original Series 4x10 1 - 7250
1: Original Series 3x20-50 1 - 4138
1: Series 1875 4x5 1 - 2050
1: Series 1875 4x10 1 - 1780
1: Series 1875 3x20-50 1 - 1207
1: 1882 Brown Back 4x5 1 - 5723
1: 1882 Brown Back 3x10-20 1 - 3804
1: 1882 Brown Back 50-100 1 - 1100
1: 1902 Red Seal 4x5 1 - 7750
1: 1902 Red Seal 3x10-20 1 - 6800
1: 1902 Date Back 4x5 1 - 23250
1: 1902 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 16000
1: 1902 Plain Back 4x5 23251 - 88720
1: 1902 Plain Back 3x10-20 16001 - 54626
1: 1929 Type 1 6x5 1 - 4628
1: 1929 Type 1 6x10 1 - 2138
1: 1929 Type 1 6x20 1 - 728
2: 1929 Type 1 6x5 1 - 6770
2: 1929 Type 1 6x10 1 - 5008
2: 1929 Type 1 6x20 1 - 1132
2: 1929 Type 2 5 1 - 32938
2: 1929 Type 2 10 1 - 18972
2: 1929 Type 2 20 1 - 5328
Smithsonian NBN Proof Links (Huntoon Index)
Bank History Summary (VanBelkum/Huntoon/Pollock)
  • Chartered Dec 1, 1863
  • 2: Assumed Bethlehem Trust Company, Bethlehem, by consolidation Nov 28, 1932
  • 2: Absorbed 2050 Dec 19, 1932 and its circulation (Lehigh Valley National Bank, Bethlehem, PA)
  • Bank was Open past 1935
Bank Balance Summaries (Huntoon/Pollock)
Total Resources Summary
Low Bal (1864) $413,335
High Bal (1932) $12,074,206
Circulation Summary
Low Bal (1896) $42,560
High Bal (1933) $500,000
Total Out (1934) $495,900
# Large Notes 764,376
# Small Notes 179,662
# Total Notes 944,038
$ Large Size $6,594,430
$ Small Size $1,454,870
$ Total Issued $8,049,300
OCC Annual Bank Balances (Pollock)
Report Date Total Resources Circulation
Nov-25-1864 $413,334.78 $106,810.00
Oct-02-1865 $605,090.57 $179,235.00
Oct-01-1866 $711,535.21 $179,190.00
Oct-07-1867 $726,136.92 $179,025.00
Oct-05-1868 $733,070.95 $179,445.00
Oct-09-1869 $718,900.46 $178,870.00
Oct-08-1870 $730,249.20 $178,495.00
Oct-02-1871 $1,608,561.47 $439,875.00
Oct-03-1872 $1,466,145.17 $447,900.00
Sep-12-1873 $1,588,948.65 $448,170.00
Oct-02-1874 $1,632,363.25 $450,000.00
Oct-01-1875 $1,565,166.52 $450,000.00
Oct-02-1876 $1,040,088.44 $270,000.00
Oct-01-1877 $881,409.44 $268,000.00
Oct-01-1878 $862,754.25 $268,400.00
Oct-02-1879 $734,936.63 $180,000.00
Oct-01-1880 $915,570.42 $270,000.00
Oct-01-1881 $1,045,707.50 $270,000.00
Oct-03-1882 $966,581.92 $269,950.00
Oct-02-1883 $1,034,542.23 $265,900.00
Sep-30-1884 $997,135.93 $261,500.00
Oct-01-1885 $915,818.37 $264,200.00
Oct-07-1886 $982,629.25 $267,850.00
Oct-05-1887 $814,666.82 $45,000.00
Oct-04-1888 $775,060.72 $45,000.00
Sep-30-1889 $863,694.68 $45,000.00
Oct-02-1890 $821,770.46 $45,000.00
Sep-25-1891 $832,956.43 $44,080.00
Sep-30-1892 $961,386.07 $45,000.00
Oct-03-1893 $966,373.69 $44,150.00
Oct-02-1894 $931,213.40 $44,160.00
Sep-28-1895 $869,446.29 $44,010.00
Oct-06-1896 $918,215.63 $42,560.00
Oct-05-1897 $943,689.33 $45,000.00
Sep-20-1898 $905,514.82 $43,330.00
Sep-07-1899 $1,182,834.01 $45,000.00
Sep-05-1900 $1,037,773.19 $48,620.00
Sep-30-1901 $1,093,452.46 $50,000.00
Sep-15-1902 $1,008,517.68 $48,650.00
Sep-09-1903 $1,167,505.09 $49,250.00
Sep-06-1904 $1,223,738.72 $50,000.00
Aug-25-1905 $1,223,323.00 $50,000.00
Sep-04-1906 $1,458,155.00 $150,000.00
Aug-22-1907 $1,576,415.00 $150,000.00
Sep-23-1908 $1,682,338.00 $194,800.00
Sep-01-1909 $1,825,643.00 $200,000.00
Sep-01-1910 $2,032,746.00 $191,700.00
Sep-01-1911 $2,305,730.00 $194,200.00
Sep-04-1912 $2,302,976.00 $200,000.00
Aug-09-1913 $2,462,823.00 $292,200.00
Sep-12-1914 $2,464,246.00 $298,200.00
Sep-02-1915 $2,823,328.00 $296,000.00
Sep-12-1916 $3,185,774.00 $288,300.00
Sep-11-1917 $4,128,833.00 $300,000.00
Aug-31-1918 $5,547,941.00 $295,596.00
Sep-12-1919 $6,788,487.00 $300,000.00
Sep-12-1920 $6,090,075.00 $295,200.00
Sep-06-1921 $5,746,472.00 $287,400.00
Sep-15-1922 $4,768,506.00 $296,800.00
Sep-14-1923 $5,998,089.00 $300,000.00
Oct-10-1924 $5,695,949.00 $300,000.00
Sep-28-1925 $6,347,256.00 $295,200.00
Dec-31-1926 $6,594,992.00 $294,700.00
Oct-10-1927 $6,790,630.00 $294,500.00
Dec-31-1928 $7,729,371.00 $297,150.00
Dec-31-1929 $8,013,650.00 $300,000.00
Dec-31-1930 $7,291,219.00 $300,000.00
Dec-31-1931 $7,622,631.00 $300,000.00
Dec-31-1932 $12,074,206.00 $300,000.00
Dec-30-1933 $10,406,144.00 $500,000.00
Dec-31-1934 $11,539,864.00 $495,900.00
Dec-31-1935 $11,930,979.00 $0.00

 

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