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Bank Info for NB Charter 5106 (1897 - 1924)

Official Bank Title(s) (Huntoon)
# Bank Title (Change Date) Bank Town
1 The Corn Exchange National Bank of
Chicago, IL
Bank Officer Pairs (OCC/Pollock)
Years Cashier President
1898-1912 Frank Waldo Smith Ernest Alfred Hamill
1913-1916 J. Edward Maass Ernest Alfred Hamill
1917-1919 James G. Wakefield Ernest Alfred Hamill
1920-1922 Edward F. Schoeneck Edmund Daniel Hulbert
1923-1924 Edward F. Schoeneck Ernest Alfred Hamill
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 - 20000
1882 Brown Back 3x10-20 1 - 9000
1882 Brown Back 50-100 1 - 7001
1882 Date Back 4x5 1 - 58845
1882 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 32522
1882 Date Back 50-100 1 - 3000
1882 Date Back 3x50-100 1 - 6342
Smithsonian NBN Proof Links (Huntoon Index)
Bank History Summary (VanBelkum/Huntoon/Pollock)
  • Organized Dec 21, 1897
  • Chartered Dec 30, 1897
  • Assumed 508,5111 by consolidation Sep 15, 1900
  • Absorbed 642 Mar 29, 1902 (Merchants National Bank, Chicago, IL)
  • Liquidated Sep 27, 1924
  • Absorbed by Illiinois Merchants Trust Co of
  • Bankers Magazine Succession Info (1863-1909):
  • Succeeded Corn Exchange Bank
Bank Balance Summaries (Huntoon/Pollock)
Total Resources Summary
Low Bal (1898) $10,069,392
High Bal (1920) $145,116,651
Circulation Summary
Low Bal (1909) $330,000
High Bal (1914) $3,587,897
Total Out (1915) $1,199,850
# Large Notes 526,838
# Small Notes 0
# Total Notes 526,838
$ Large Size $6,738,650
$ Small Size $0
$ Total Issued $6,738,650
OCC Annual Bank Balances (Pollock)
Report Date Total Resources Circulation
Sep-20-1898 $10,069,391.72 $0.00
Sep-07-1899 $15,025,230.09 $0.00
Sep-05-1900 $18,744,165.59 $499,500.00
Sep-30-1901 $40,333,843.94 $500,000.00
Sep-15-1902 $53,421,555.06 $500,000.00
Sep-09-1903 $48,916,471.49 $500,000.00
Sep-06-1904 $52,358,079.70 $497,600.00
Aug-25-1905 $57,509,522.00 $497,900.00
Sep-04-1906 $60,004,543.00 $498,200.00
Aug-22-1907 $60,759,290.00 $495,800.00
Sep-23-1908 $67,011,093.00 $495,000.00
Sep-01-1909 $71,200,002.00 $330,000.00
Sep-01-1910 $68,236,210.00 $1,196,398.00
Sep-01-1911 $71,848,777.00 $1,160,498.00
Sep-04-1912 $69,385,703.00 $408,997.00
Aug-09-1913 $68,503,921.00 $1,199,997.00
Sep-12-1914 $75,463,179.00 $3,587,897.00
Sep-02-1915 $84,930,930.00 $1,199,850.00
Sep-12-1916 $101,625,875.00 $0.00
Sep-11-1917 $104,812,075.00 $0.00
Aug-31-1918 $111,915,775.00 $0.00
Sep-12-1919 $132,648,431.00 $0.00
Sep-12-1920 $145,116,651.00 $0.00
Sep-06-1921 $108,005,788.00 $0.00
Sep-15-1922 $118,954,835.00 $0.00
Sep-14-1923 $111,841,779.00 $0.00

 

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