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Bank Info for NB Charter 261 (1864 - 1989)

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Official Bank Title(s) (Huntoon)
# Bank Title (Change Date) Bank Town
1 The First National Bank of
New Bedford, MA
Bank Officer Pairs (OCC/Pollock)
Years Cashier President
1864-1873 John P. Barker Joseph Grinnell
1874-1877 Walter Pennington Winsor Joseph Grinnell
1878-1878 Walter Pennington Winsor Edward W. Howland
1879-1889 Walter Pennington Winsor William Watkins
1890-1898 Walter Pennington Winsor Edward Smith Taber
1899-1911 William A. Mackie Walter Pennington Winsor
1912-1913 William A. Mackie Thomas Bush Tripp
1914-1918 William A. Mackie Gideon Allen, Jr.
1919-1933 Frank B. Chase Irving Winthrop Cook
1934-1935 Roger Walcott Dyer Irving Winthrop Cook
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 - 20000
Original Series 4x5 1 - 17500
Original Series 4x10 1 - 11300
Original Series 2x20-50-100 1 - 2300
Series 1875 4x5 1 - 10700
Series 1875 4x10 1 - 5000
Series 1875 4x20 1 - 4421
Series 1875 2x20-50-100 1 - 500
1882 Brown Back 4x5 1 - 92355
1882 Brown Back 3x10-20 1 - 39359
1902 Red Seal 4x5 1 - 31808
1902 Red Seal 3x10-20 1 - 22676
1902 Date Back 4x5 1 - 49830
1902 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 34668
1902 Plain Back 4x5 49831 - 137065
1902 Plain Back 3x10-20 34669 - 88779
1929 Type 1 6x5 1 - 16886
1929 Type 1 6x10 1 - 9380
1929 Type 1 6x20 1 - 2428
1929 Type 2 5 1 - 11982
1929 Type 2 10 1 - 4622
1929 Type 2 20 1 - 1456
Smithsonian NBN Proof Links (Huntoon Index)
Bank History Summary (VanBelkum/Huntoon/Pollock)
  • Chartered Feb 18, 1864
  • Succeeded Marine Bank
  • Assumed 743 by consolidation Feb 24, 1919 (Mechanics National Bank, New Bedford, MA)
  • Bank was Open past 1935
  • For Bank History after 1935 see:
  • FDIC Bank History website
  • Merged into Shawmut Bank, N.A. in Boston, MA May 12, 1989
  • Bankers Magazine Succession Info (1863-1909):
  • Succeeded Marine Bank
Bank Balance Summaries (Huntoon/Pollock)
Total Resources Summary
Low Bal (1865) $1,617,541
High Bal (1929) $17,495,118
Circulation Summary
Low Bal (1934) $250,000
High Bal (1884) $810,000
Total Out (1934) $250,000
# Large Notes 1,935,052
# Small Notes 190,224
# Total Notes 2,125,276
$ Large Size $14,966,940
$ Small Size $1,495,990
$ Total Issued $16,462,930
OCC Annual Bank Balances (Pollock)
Report Date Total Resources Circulation
Nov-25-1864 $1,637,711.46 $334,335.00
Oct-02-1865 $1,617,541.24 $539,340.00
Oct-01-1866 $1,702,921.32 $539,445.00
Oct-07-1867 $1,669,420.50 $538,920.00
Oct-05-1868 $1,690,653.94 $538,995.00
Oct-09-1869 $2,032,132.22 $538,525.00
Oct-08-1870 $2,011,671.80 $537,900.00
Oct-02-1871 $2,068,789.46 $532,140.00
Oct-03-1872 $2,095,516.71 $537,300.00
Sep-12-1873 $2,108,373.91 $536,380.00
Oct-02-1874 $2,061,190.87 $524,220.00
Oct-01-1875 $2,127,059.99 $619,590.00
Oct-02-1876 $2,268,714.64 $601,365.00
Oct-01-1877 $2,104,690.07 $577,290.00
Oct-01-1878 $2,034,923.95 $618,015.00
Oct-02-1879 $2,278,096.51 $714,600.00
Oct-01-1880 $2,270,322.58 $708,100.00
Oct-01-1881 $2,396,250.38 $709,210.00
Oct-03-1882 $2,593,691.56 $799,000.00
Oct-02-1883 $2,567,777.91 $790,000.00
Sep-30-1884 $2,520,002.59 $810,000.00
Oct-01-1885 $2,562,965.09 $805,100.00
Oct-07-1886 $2,474,653.98 $808,370.00
Oct-05-1887 $2,544,824.24 $804,140.00
Oct-04-1888 $2,554,537.65 $810,000.00
Sep-30-1889 $2,615,120.42 $810,000.00
Oct-02-1890 $2,270,316.24 $450,000.00
Sep-25-1891 $2,242,347.43 $447,000.00
Sep-30-1892 $2,333,356.10 $450,000.00
Oct-03-1893 $2,360,084.37 $522,000.00
Oct-02-1894 $2,367,462.05 $522,000.00
Sep-28-1895 $2,360,135.45 $514,000.00
Oct-06-1896 $2,419,700.98 $522,000.00
Oct-05-1897 $2,423,784.88 $519,000.00
Sep-20-1898 $2,521,849.06 $510,760.00
Sep-07-1899 $2,796,070.15 $517,520.00
Sep-05-1900 $2,684,746.94 $568,100.00
Sep-30-1901 $2,822,411.60 $564,300.00
Sep-15-1902 $3,029,839.48 $571,497.50
Sep-09-1903 $2,691,890.18 $571,897.50
Sep-06-1904 $2,692,183.65 $579,997.50
Aug-25-1905 $2,922,967.00 $579,997.00
Sep-04-1906 $2,977,338.00 $565,900.00
Aug-22-1907 $3,123,307.00 $568,800.00
Sep-23-1908 $3,207,325.00 $566,297.00
Sep-01-1909 $3,837,524.00 $551,297.00
Sep-01-1910 $3,595,950.00 $570,398.00
Sep-01-1911 $3,589,025.00 $573,900.00
Sep-04-1912 $3,850,806.00 $573,300.00
Aug-09-1913 $3,824,275.00 $562,500.00
Sep-12-1914 $3,801,049.00 $572,900.00
Sep-02-1915 $3,946,625.00 $566,500.00
Sep-12-1916 $4,420,561.00 $565,400.00
Sep-11-1917 $5,113,627.00 $558,600.00
Aug-31-1918 $5,518,616.00 $571,600.00
Sep-12-1919 $11,096,734.00 $500,000.00
Sep-12-1920 $11,896,246.00 $492,200.00
Sep-06-1921 $9,950,871.00 $487,200.00
Sep-15-1922 $12,221,782.00 $500,000.00
Sep-14-1923 $12,724,532.00 $496,000.00
Oct-10-1924 $14,646,527.00 $491,900.00
Sep-28-1925 $14,613,716.00 $492,900.00
Dec-31-1926 $14,156,854.00 $495,700.00
Oct-10-1927 $15,082,397.00 $493,900.00
Dec-31-1928 $13,927,957.00 $491,450.00
Dec-31-1929 $17,495,118.00 $500,000.00
Dec-31-1930 $11,793,168.00 $500,000.00
Dec-31-1931 $10,207,671.00 $492,200.00
Dec-31-1932 $9,043,330.00 $495,260.00
Dec-30-1933 $8,269,095.00 $496,800.00
Dec-31-1934 $8,508,164.00 $250,000.00
Dec-31-1935 $8,417,569.00 $0.00

 

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