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Bank Info for NB Charter 5274 (1900 - 1992)

Official Bank Title(s) (Huntoon)
# Bank Title (Change Date) Bank Town
1 The Merchants National Bank of
Dover, NH
Bank Officer Pairs (OCC/Pollock)
Years Cashier President
1900-1910 Charles Carpenter Goss Capt. Charles Hodgdon Carpenter
1911-1914 Charles Carpenter Goss Dudley Leavitt Furber
1915-1915 William A. Goss Charles Carpenter Goss
1915-1915 William A. Goss * none *
1915-1927 William A. Goss Harry Preston Henderson
1928-1932 Edwin H. Gerrish Harry Preston Henderson
1933-1935 F. R. Draper Elwell Samuel Shortridge
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 3x10-20 1 - 6800
1882 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 8800
1882 Value Back 3x10-20 8801 - 12991
1902 Plain Back 3x10-20 1 - 13174
1929 Type 1 6x10 1 - 2782
1929 Type 1 6x20 1 - 758
1929 Type 2 10 1 - 3003
1929 Type 2 20 1 - 910
Smithsonian NBN Proof Links (Huntoon Index)
Bank History Summary (VanBelkum/Huntoon/Pollock)
  • Organized Mar 22, 1900
  • Chartered Apr 2, 1900
  • Bank was Open past 1935
  • For Bank History after 1935 see:
  • FDIC Bank History website
  • Merged into The First NB of Portsmouth of Portsmouth, NH
  • on Jan 31, 1992
Bank Balance Summaries (Huntoon/Pollock)
Total Resources Summary
Low Bal (1900) $242,576
High Bal (1928) $1,076,865
Circulation Summary
Low Bal (1907) $25,000
High Bal (1912) $100,000
Total Out (1934) $100,000
# Large Notes 131,860
# Small Notes 25,153
# Total Notes 157,013
$ Large Size $1,648,250
$ Small Size $306,110
$ Total Issued $1,954,360
OCC Annual Bank Balances (Pollock)
Report Date Total Resources Circulation
Sep-05-1900 $242,575.62 $95,000.00
Sep-30-1901 $285,229.11 $95,000.00
Sep-15-1902 $404,652.70 $97,000.00
Sep-09-1903 $384,097.19 $95,500.00
Sep-06-1904 $423,418.23 $93,000.00
Aug-25-1905 $422,744.00 $95,000.00
Sep-04-1906 $324,024.00 $35,000.00
Aug-22-1907 $370,744.00 $25,000.00
Sep-23-1908 $357,416.00 $40,000.00
Sep-01-1909 $481,042.00 $99,000.00
Sep-01-1910 $476,501.00 $99,000.00
Sep-01-1911 $531,286.00 $97,200.00
Sep-04-1912 $531,901.00 $100,000.00
Aug-09-1913 $551,151.00 $96,550.00
Sep-12-1914 $523,085.00 $100,000.00
Sep-02-1915 $543,164.00 $100,000.00
Sep-12-1916 $558,143.00 $100,000.00
Sep-11-1917 $626,044.00 $100,000.00
Aug-31-1918 $731,012.00 $100,000.00
Sep-12-1919 $846,218.00 $100,000.00
Sep-12-1920 $843,258.00 $100,000.00
Sep-06-1921 $775,888.00 $97,100.00
Sep-15-1922 $804,402.00 $100,000.00
Sep-14-1923 $779,475.00 $100,000.00
Oct-10-1924 $752,463.00 $98,700.00
Sep-28-1925 $834,078.00 $98,900.00
Dec-31-1926 $1,009,386.00 $100,000.00
Oct-10-1927 $1,069,001.00 $100,000.00
Dec-31-1928 $1,076,865.00 $100,000.00
Dec-31-1929 $1,003,364.00 $100,000.00
Dec-31-1930 $958,813.00 $100,000.00
Dec-31-1931 $871,073.00 $100,000.00
Dec-31-1932 $746,977.00 $100,000.00
Dec-30-1933 $694,565.00 $100,000.00
Dec-31-1934 $602,242.00 $100,000.00
Dec-31-1935 $582,873.00 $0.00

 

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