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Bank Info for NB Charter 5155 (1898 - 1936+)

Official Bank Title(s) (Huntoon)
# Bank Title (Change Date) Bank Town
1 The National Shawmut Bank of
Boston, MA
Bank Officer Pairs (OCC/Pollock)
Years Cashier President
1899-1906 Frank Herbert Barbour James Pierce Stearns
1907-1912 Frank Herbert Barbour William Alexander Gaston
1913-1916 Benjamin Joy William Alexander Gaston
1917-1917 William Appleton Burnham, Jr. William Alexander Gaston
1918-1922 James Edward Ryder Alfred Lawrence Aiken
1923-1927 James Edward Ryder Walter Stanley Bucklin
1928-1935 Stanley Porter Wyatt Sr. Walter Stanley Bucklin
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 - 299580
1882 Brown Back 4x10 1 - 41500
1882 Brown Back 3x10-20 1 - 133768
1882 Date Back 4x5 1 - 336465
1882 Date Back 4x10 1 - 309832
1882 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 8000
1882 Date Back 3x50-100 1 - 10920
1902 Plain Back 4x5 1 - 6380
1902 Plain Back 3x10-20 1 - 3076
Smithsonian NBN Proof Links (Huntoon Index)
Bank History Summary (VanBelkum/Huntoon/Pollock)
  • Organized Nov 12, 1898
  • Chartered Nov 16, 1898
  • Succeeded 582,408,1029,778,525,2846,672,993,1295
  • Absorbed 1827 Dec 24, 1901 (NB of the Commonwealth, Boston, MA)
  • Absorbed 359 Dec 24, 1901 (Third National Bank, Boston, MA)
  • Absorbed 529 Jan 31, 1907 (National Exchange Bank, Boston, MA)
  • Assumed 379 by consolidation May 7, 1908 (NB of the Republic, Boston, MA)
  • Absorbed 536 Nov 29, 1912 (Eliot National Bank, Boston, MA)
  • Absorbed 11339 May 20, 1927 (Citizens National Bank, Boston, MA)
  • Bank was Open past 1935
  • Bankers Magazine Succession Info (1863-1909):
  • Succeeded [9 banks]: 408; 525; 582; 672; 778; 993; 1029; 1295; 2846.
Bank Balance Summaries (Huntoon/Pollock)
Total Resources Summary
Low Bal (1899) $37,697,454
High Bal (1929) $271,117,040
Circulation Summary
Low Bal (1920) $500,000
High Bal (1914) $10,523,700
Total Out (1920) $500,000
# Large Notes 4,598,084
# Small Notes 0
# Total Notes 4,598,084
$ Large Size $36,873,980
$ Small Size $0
$ Total Issued $36,873,980
OCC Annual Bank Balances (Pollock)
Report Date Total Resources Circulation
Sep-07-1899 $37,697,453.70 $1,310,220.00
Sep-05-1900 $38,541,671.86 $1,604,500.00
Sep-30-1901 $49,156,762.58 $1,660,347.50
Sep-15-1902 $58,252,367.01 $1,898,000.00
Sep-09-1903 $56,303,269.64 $2,374,100.00
Sep-06-1904 $62,362,892.95 $2,642,600.00
Aug-25-1905 $60,346,702.00 $3,147,848.00
Sep-04-1906 $57,719,884.00 $3,151,847.00
Aug-22-1907 $68,623,397.00 $3,383,197.00
Sep-23-1908 $97,689,099.00 $3,144,520.00
Sep-01-1909 $96,551,990.00 $1,454,000.00
Sep-01-1910 $84,302,810.00 $854,000.00
Sep-01-1911 $96,259,900.00 $834,097.00
Sep-04-1912 $100,702,868.00 $809,395.00
Aug-09-1913 $102,296,599.00 $3,302,800.00
Sep-12-1914 $116,161,352.00 $10,523,700.00
Sep-02-1915 $117,306,424.00 $3,538,000.00
Sep-12-1916 $132,837,469.00 $1,587,000.00
Sep-11-1917 $141,017,785.00 $1,504,200.00
Aug-31-1918 $160,032,781.00 $887,000.00
Sep-12-1919 $207,073,330.00 $887,000.00
Sep-12-1920 $194,150,793.00 $500,000.00
Sep-06-1921 $147,557,094.00 $0.00
Sep-15-1922 $166,125,554.00 $0.00
Sep-14-1923 $182,411,729.00 $0.00
Oct-10-1924 $191,218,536.00 $0.00
Sep-28-1925 $199,855,135.00 $0.00
Dec-31-1926 $226,572,857.00 $0.00
Oct-10-1927 $239,770,567.00 $0.00
Dec-31-1928 $246,611,389.00 $0.00
Dec-31-1929 $271,117,040.00 $0.00
Dec-31-1930 $255,691,054.00 $0.00
Dec-31-1931 $192,679,735.00 $0.00
Dec-31-1932 $201,127,473.00 $0.00
Dec-30-1933 $192,286,753.00 $0.00
Dec-31-1934 $205,660,261.00 $0.00
Dec-31-1935 $203,537,679.00 $0.00

 

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