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Bank Info for NB Charter 508 (1864 - 1900)

Official Bank Title(s) (Huntoon)
# Bank Title (Change Date) Bank Town
1 The Northwestern National Bank of
Chicago, IL
Bank Officer Pairs (OCC/Pollock)
Years Cashier President
1864-1865 George Sturges Buckingham Sturges
1866-1866 George Sturges Charles Granville Hammond
1867-1871 John De Koven George Sturges
1872-1872 * none * George Sturges
1873-1882 James Dwight Sturges George Sturges
1883-1887 Frederick William Gookin (Asst) George Sturges
1888-1888 * none * George Sturges
1889-1889 Frederick William Gookin George Sturges
1890-1900 Frederick William Gookin Ebenezer Buckingham
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 - 30025
Original Series 3x10-20 1 - 2000
Original Series 50-100 1 - 1834
Series 1875 4x5 1 - 4000
Series 1875 50-100 1 - 1100
1882 Brown Back 4x5 1 - 6238
1882 Brown Back 50-100 1 - 3215
Smithsonian NBN Proof Links (Huntoon Index)
Bank History Summary (VanBelkum/Huntoon/Pollock)
  • Organized Aug 15, 1864
  • Chartered Aug 30, 1864
  • Liquidated Sep 15, 1900
  • Consolidated with 5106 (Corn Exchange National Bank, Chicago, IL)
Bank Balance Summaries (Huntoon/Pollock)
Total Resources Summary
Low Bal (1864) $300,000
High Bal (1900) $10,256,919
Circulation Summary
Low Bal (1882) $45,500
High Bal (1865) $450,000
Total Out (1900) $181,580
# Large Notes 181,350
# Small Notes 0
# Total Notes 181,350
$ Large Size $1,827,610
$ Small Size $0
$ Total Issued $1,827,610
OCC Annual Bank Balances (Pollock)
Report Date Total Resources Circulation
Nov-25-1864 $300,000.00 $0.00
Oct-02-1865 $1,232,011.04 $450,000.00
Oct-01-1866 $1,529,924.90 $448,425.00
Oct-07-1867 $2,215,297.06 $449,000.00
Oct-05-1868 $2,430,481.97 $450,000.00
Oct-09-1869 $2,281,653.44 $450,000.00
Oct-08-1870 $2,607,155.68 $446,500.00
Oct-02-1871 $2,425,162.13 $450,000.00
Oct-03-1872 $2,251,576.24 $441,300.00
Sep-12-1873 $2,432,651.16 $449,200.00
Oct-02-1874 $2,543,633.82 $391,040.00
Oct-01-1875 $2,917,025.29 $344,900.00
Oct-02-1876 $2,691,592.19 $180,000.00
Oct-01-1877 $1,576,171.18 $131,600.00
Oct-01-1878 $1,951,105.46 $82,200.00
Oct-02-1879 $2,189,991.00 $60,698.00
Oct-01-1880 $2,837,671.39 $83,500.00
Oct-01-1881 $4,147,751.46 $64,700.00
Oct-03-1882 $3,054,667.02 $45,500.00
Oct-02-1883 $2,617,248.66 $145,000.00
Sep-30-1884 $2,834,054.35 $171,400.00
Oct-01-1885 $2,851,160.02 $174,700.00
Oct-07-1886 $2,817,942.63 $165,200.00
Oct-05-1887 $3,086,003.29 $176,370.00
Oct-04-1888 $3,615,155.84 $114,190.00
Sep-30-1889 $4,423,132.07 $105,820.00
Oct-02-1890 $4,590,876.24 $156,430.00
Sep-25-1891 $5,682,326.12 $125,285.00
Sep-30-1892 $6,795,136.33 $84,045.00
Oct-03-1893 $5,616,774.41 $166,680.00
Oct-02-1894 $6,262,278.95 $101,870.00
Sep-28-1895 $5,738,578.94 $179,560.00
Oct-06-1896 $5,313,558.70 $178,610.00
Oct-05-1897 $7,477,036.80 $130,050.00
Sep-20-1898 $8,398,628.02 $110,880.00
Sep-07-1899 $8,395,112.24 $87,960.00
Sep-05-1900 $10,256,919.21 $181,580.00

 

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