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Bank Info for NB Charter 5046 (1896 - 2005)

Official Bank Title(s) (Huntoon)
# Bank Title (Change Date) Bank Town
1 The Riggs National Bank of
Washington, DC
Bank Officer Pairs (OCC/Pollock)
Years Cashier President
1896-1906 Arthur Tilghman Brice Sr. Charles Carroll Glover Sr.
1907-1915 Henry Hepburn Flather Charles Carroll Glover Sr.
1916-1919 Joshua Evans, Jr. Charles Carroll Glover Sr.
1920-1920 Robert Vedder Fleming Charles Carroll Glover Sr.
1921-1925 Robert Vedder Fleming Milton Eyerett Ailes
1926-1935 George Oakley Vass Robert Vedder Fleming
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
1882 Brown Back 4x5 1 - 45750
1882 Brown Back 3x10-20 1 - 39500
1882 Date Back 4x5 1 - 85830
1882 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 68668
1882 Date Back 3x50-100 1 - 849
1882 Value Back 4x5 85831 - 98827
1902 Plain Back 4x5 1 - 23550
1902 Plain Back 3x10-20 1 - 32687
1929 Type 1 6x5 1 - 46875
1929 Type 1 6x10 1 - 22643
1929 Type 1 6x20 1 - 20859
Smithsonian NBN Proof Links (Huntoon Index)
Bank History Summary (VanBelkum/Huntoon/Pollock)
  • Organized Jun 27, 1896
  • Chartered Jun 30, 1896
  • Assumed 12194 by consolidation Jun 10, 1922 (Hamilton NB (No Issue), Washington, DC)
  • Assumed 12721 by consolidation Jun 10, 1925 (Northwest NB (No Issue), Washington, DC)
  • Assumed 1928 by consolidation Dec 15, 1928 (Farmers and Mechanics NB, Georgetown, DC)
  • Assumed its circulation
  • Bank was Open past 1935
  • For Bank History after 1935 see:
  • FDIC Bank History website
  • Closed voluntarily and liquidated its assets May 16, 2005
Bank Balance Summaries (Huntoon/Pollock)
Total Resources Summary
Low Bal (1896) $4,414,067
High Bal (1935) $96,331,520
Circulation Summary
Low Bal (1903) $96,700
High Bal (1933) $3,000,000
Total Out (1933) $3,000,000
# Large Notes 1,239,324
# Small Notes 542,262
# Total Notes 1,781,586
$ Large Size $10,617,540
$ Small Size $5,267,910
$ Total Issued $15,885,450
OCC Annual Bank Balances (Pollock)
Report Date Total Resources Circulation
Oct-06-1896 $4,414,067.42 $0.00
Oct-05-1897 $4,912,699.62 $0.00
Sep-20-1898 $5,518,314.86 $0.00
Sep-07-1899 $6,759,076.53 $0.00
Sep-05-1900 $6,629,647.36 $0.00
Sep-30-1901 $7,251,059.73 $0.00
Sep-15-1902 $8,030,270.31 $0.00
Sep-09-1903 $12,571,516.76 $96,700.00
Sep-06-1904 $12,912,345.27 $1,000,000.00
Aug-25-1905 $12,711,902.00 $957,550.00
Sep-04-1906 $13,141,557.00 $1,000,000.00
Aug-22-1907 $13,885,623.00 $988,198.00
Sep-23-1908 $12,639,498.00 $987,847.00
Sep-01-1909 $13,056,112.00 $888,497.00
Sep-01-1910 $13,632,571.00 $977,700.00
Sep-01-1911 $13,629,801.00 $944,900.00
Sep-04-1912 $14,172,573.00 $988,400.00
Aug-09-1913 $17,641,026.00 $988,900.00
Sep-12-1914 $14,726,147.00 $962,400.00
Sep-02-1915 $13,426,156.00 $854,000.00
Sep-12-1916 $16,087,750.00 $986,250.00
Sep-11-1917 $19,292,652.00 $968,300.00
Aug-31-1918 $23,590,898.00 $550,000.00
Sep-12-1919 $27,277,939.00 $100,000.00
Sep-12-1920 $26,589,744.00 $100,000.00
Sep-06-1921 $24,523,697.00 $100,000.00
Sep-15-1922 $29,893,042.00 $100,000.00
Sep-14-1923 $33,391,636.00 $100,000.00
Oct-10-1924 $35,783,362.00 $0.00
Sep-28-1925 $39,815,860.00 $0.00
Dec-31-1926 $44,715,972.00 $0.00
Oct-10-1927 $47,986,638.00 $0.00
Dec-31-1928 $56,907,085.00 $0.00
Dec-31-1929 $57,056,401.00 $1,000,000.00
Dec-31-1930 $62,104,429.00 $1,000,000.00
Dec-31-1931 $64,104,079.00 $1,000,000.00
Dec-31-1932 $69,223,866.00 $0.00
Dec-30-1933 $80,798,797.00 $3,000,000.00
Dec-31-1934 $83,643,599.00 $0.00
Dec-31-1935 $96,331,520.00 $0.00

 

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