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Bank Info for NB Charter 1681 (1868 - 1884)

Official Bank Title(s) (Huntoon)
# Bank Title (Change Date) Bank Town
1 The Princeton National Bank
Princeton, NJ
Bank Officer Pairs (OCC/Pollock)
Years Cashier President
1868-1871 Geo T. Olmstead D. H. Mount
1872-1875 Geo T. Olmstead Edward Leavitt Howe
1876-1883 S. Thompson Seger Edward Leavitt Howe
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
Original Series 4x5 1 - 5000
Series 1875 4x5 1 - 9182
Smithsonian NBN Proof Links (Huntoon Index)
Bank History Summary (VanBelkum/Huntoon/Pollock)
  • Organized Apr 27, 1868
  • Chartered Jun 8, 1868
  • Succeeded 208 (First National Bank, New Brunswick, NJ)
  • Liquidated May 17, 1884
  • Succeeded by Princeton Bank
  • Notation on Organization Report:
  • Note: "This Bank stipulates to waive all right to circulation under present law except so fast as the circulation of First National Bank of New Brunswick NJ is redeemed and returned to this office".
  • Bankers Magazine Succession Info (1863-1909):
  • Succeeded Princeton Bank
  • Succeeded by Princeton Bank
Bank Balance Summaries (Huntoon/Pollock)
Total Resources Summary
Low Bal (1870) $173,409
High Bal (1883) $466,226
Circulation Summary
Low Bal (1869) $2,000
High Bal (1872) $90,000
Total Out (1883) $90,000
# Large Notes 56,728
# Small Notes 0
# Total Notes 56,728
$ Large Size $283,640
$ Small Size $0
$ Total Issued $283,640
OCC Annual Bank Balances (Pollock)
Report Date Total Resources Circulation
Oct-05-1868 $211,962.03 $0.00
Oct-09-1869 $193,216.39 $2,000.00
Oct-08-1870 $173,408.80 $4,100.00
Oct-02-1871 $191,878.30 $8,800.00
Oct-03-1872 $328,138.58 $90,000.00
Sep-12-1873 $327,048.90 $90,000.00
Oct-02-1874 $320,805.01 $87,860.00
Oct-01-1875 $324,866.23 $89,300.00
Oct-02-1876 $323,632.04 $89,800.00
Oct-01-1877 $345,385.33 $90,000.00
Oct-01-1878 $388,992.43 $89,100.00
Oct-02-1879 $367,664.12 $90,000.00
Oct-01-1880 $388,127.86 $88,800.00
Oct-01-1881 $421,363.59 $90,000.00
Oct-03-1882 $459,311.54 $90,000.00
Oct-02-1883 $466,225.80 $90,000.00

 

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