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Bank Info for NB Charter 203 (1864 - 1987)

Official Bank Title(s) (Huntoon)
# Bank Title (Change Date) Bank Town
1 The First National Bank of
Saint Paul, MN
Bank Officer Pairs (OCC/Pollock)
Years Cashier President
1864-1869 Horace Thompson James Egbert Thompson
1870-1872 Henry Martyn Knox Horace Thompson
1873-1879 Henry Pratt Upham Horace Thompson
1880-1896 Everett Hoskins Bailey Henry Pratt Upham
1897-1906 William Andrew Miller Henry Pratt Upham
1907-1908 William Andrew Miller Everett Hoskins Bailey
1909-1913 Frederick A. Nienhauser Everett Hoskins Bailey
1914-1914 Otto Martin Nelson Everett Hoskins Bailey
1915-1917 Charles Horatio Buckley Everett Hoskins Bailey
1918-1918 Charles Horatio Buckley Cyrus Perrin Brown
1919-1928 Edwin Mott Cyrus Perrin Brown
1929-1929 Edwin Mott Richard C. Lilly
1930-1935 Harry R. Fairchild Richard C. Lilly
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 3x1-2 1 - 6500
Original Series 4x5 1 - 15025
Original Series 4x10 1 - 10800
Original Series 3x20-100 1 - 1800
Series 1875 4x5 1 - 3473
Series 1875 4x10 1 - 5750
1882 Brown Back 4x5 1 - 7017
1882 Brown Back 3x10-20 1 - 1853
1902 Red Seal 3x10-20 1 - 9900
1902 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 101703
1929 Type 1 6x10 1 - 34476
1929 Type 1 6x20 1 - 10522
1929 Type 2 10 1 - 248686 163213-163218 Not issued
1929 Type 2 20 1 - 56931
Smithsonian NBN Proof Links (Huntoon Index)
Bank History Summary (VanBelkum/Huntoon/Pollock)
  • Chartered Jan 18, 1864
  • Assumed 725 by consolidation Dec 31, 1912 (Second National Bank, Saint Paul, MN)
  • Assumed its circulation
  • Assumed 2020 by consolidation Mar 23, 1929 (Merchants National Bank, Saint Paul, MN)
  • Bank was Open past 1935
  • For Bank History after 1935 see:
  • FDIC Bank History website
  • Merged into First Bank NA in Minneapolis, MN Dec 31, 1987
Bank Balance Summaries (Huntoon/Pollock)
Total Resources Summary
Low Bal (1867) $1,695,333
High Bal (1935) $146,796,516
Circulation Summary
Low Bal (1904) $2,300
High Bal (1934) $4,307,060
Total Out (1934) $4,307,060
# Large Notes 655,284
# Small Notes 575,599
# Total Notes 1,230,883
$ Large Size $7,165,600
$ Small Size $6,956,620
$ Total Issued $14,122,220
OCC Annual Bank Balances (Pollock)
Report Date Total Resources Circulation
Nov-25-1864 $1,904,456.99 $197,000.00
Oct-02-1865 $2,527,413.49 $527,000.00
Oct-01-1866 $1,797,600.00 $531,500.00
Oct-07-1867 $1,695,333.00 $531,000.00
Oct-05-1868 $1,946,129.00 $531,000.00
Oct-09-1869 $1,990,409.00 $531,400.00
Oct-08-1870 $2,338,027.00 $523,400.00
Oct-02-1871 $2,851,730.54 $530,300.00
Oct-03-1872 $2,855,825.98 $530,300.00
Sep-12-1873 $3,603,518.62 $597,900.00
Oct-02-1874 $3,346,121.92 $599,980.00
Oct-01-1875 $3,091,561.67 $399,980.00
Oct-02-1876 $2,910,351.65 $199,980.00
Oct-01-1877 $3,111,845.52 $199,960.00
Oct-01-1878 $3,421,378.18 $200,140.00
Oct-02-1879 $3,788,191.50 $299,380.00
Oct-01-1880 $4,260,859.60 $298,880.00
Oct-01-1881 $6,171,654.49 $298,180.00
Oct-03-1882 $5,694,200.60 $295,180.00
Oct-02-1883 $5,883,997.07 $296,480.00
Sep-30-1884 $5,375,675.47 $88,500.00
Oct-01-1885 $5,721,277.57 $74,400.00
Oct-07-1886 $6,164,027.38 $31,850.00
Oct-05-1887 $6,599,419.59 $31,850.00
Oct-04-1888 $6,015,423.39 $28,980.00
Sep-30-1889 $5,811,652.59 $18,010.00
Oct-02-1890 $6,570,509.45 $44,000.00
Sep-25-1891 $6,474,503.26 $44,400.00
Sep-30-1892 $6,598,657.02 $44,160.00
Oct-03-1893 $6,785,444.04 $43,780.00
Oct-02-1894 $6,504,343.19 $26,170.00
Sep-28-1895 $6,260,028.91 $16,290.00
Oct-06-1896 $7,046,425.97 $43,460.00
Oct-05-1897 $8,473,199.75 $31,690.00
Sep-20-1898 $7,132,008.70 $21,510.00
Sep-07-1899 $8,732,054.95 $14,250.00
Sep-05-1900 $8,133,722.71 $9,120.00
Sep-30-1901 $9,063,162.47 $5,720.00
Sep-15-1902 $8,663,987.70 $4,220.00
Sep-09-1903 $8,437,560.32 $2,770.00
Sep-06-1904 $8,729,954.62 $2,300.00
Aug-25-1905 $9,682,772.00 $31,500.00
Sep-04-1906 $10,325,419.00 $18,450.00
Aug-22-1907 $11,307,973.00 $41,600.00
Sep-23-1908 $12,927,351.00 $29,000.00
Sep-01-1909 $12,276,347.00 $25,000.00
Sep-01-1910 $12,824,625.00 $88,450.00
Sep-01-1911 $13,294,374.00 $51,650.00
Sep-04-1912 $13,552,102.00 $31,350.00
Aug-09-1913 $23,455,627.00 $43,100.00
Sep-12-1914 $42,942,396.00 $496,700.00
Sep-02-1915 $43,670,238.00 $50,000.00
Sep-12-1916 $58,211,025.00 $50,000.00
Sep-11-1917 $52,171,626.00 $50,000.00
Aug-31-1918 $59,828,918.00 $0.00
Sep-12-1919 $68,011,489.00 $0.00
Sep-12-1920 $57,791,928.00 $0.00
Sep-06-1921 $54,144,872.00 $0.00
Sep-15-1922 $56,757,128.00 $0.00
Sep-14-1923 $50,987,293.00 $0.00
Oct-10-1924 $68,476,971.00 $0.00
Sep-28-1925 $65,104,716.00 $0.00
Dec-31-1926 $72,418,274.00 $0.00
Oct-10-1927 $67,123,609.00 $0.00
Dec-31-1928 $70,232,729.00 $0.00
Dec-31-1929 $114,372,763.00 $500,000.00
Dec-31-1930 $113,034,270.00 $500,000.00
Dec-31-1931 $116,330,161.00 $500,000.00
Dec-31-1932 $103,152,595.00 $1,100,000.00
Dec-30-1933 $112,947,669.00 $2,087,700.00
Dec-31-1934 $132,754,327.00 $4,307,060.00
Dec-31-1935 $146,796,516.00 $0.00

 

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