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Bank Info for NB Charter 5454 (1900 - 1973)

Official Bank Title(s) (Huntoon)
# Bank Title (Change Date) Bank Town
1 The Freedom National Bank
Freedom, PA
Bank Officer Pairs (OCC/Pollock)
Years Cashier President
1900-1905 Charles H. Bentel Joseph Watson Craig
1906-1911 Edwin O. McCauley Joseph Watson Craig
1912-1917 Edwin O. McCauley August J. Minke
1918-1930 Herbert Osmer Mengel Edward John Schleiter
1931-1935 Herbert Osmer Mengel Daniel J. Snead
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 - 5700
1882 Brown Back 3x10-20 1 - 5650
1882 Date Back 4x5 1 - 390
1882 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 9200
1882 Value Back 3x10-20 9201 - 13646
1902 Plain Back 3x10-20 1 - 14195
1929 Type 1 6x10 1 - 2738
1929 Type 1 6x20 1 - 840
1929 Type 2 10 1 - 3814
1929 Type 2 20 1 - 921
Smithsonian NBN Proof Links (Huntoon Index)
Bank History Summary (VanBelkum/Huntoon/Pollock)
  • Organized Jun 4, 1900
  • Chartered Jun 26, 1900
  • Succeeded P. Bentel & Company
  • Assumed 9543 by consolidation Jan 8, 1918 (St. Clair National Bank, Freedom, PA)
  • Assumed its circulation
  • Bank was Open past 1935
  • For Bank History after 1935 see:
  • FDIC Bank History website
  • Closed/Merged into Century NB&TC, New Brighton,PA Sep 1,1973
Bank Balance Summaries (Huntoon/Pollock)
Total Resources Summary
Low Bal (1900) $130,458
High Bal (1928) $1,587,276
Circulation Summary
Low Bal (1901) $50,000
High Bal (1918) $175,000
Total Out (1934) $100,000
# Large Notes 158,324
# Small Notes 26,203
# Total Notes 184,527
$ Large Size $1,796,350
$ Small Size $321,640
$ Total Issued $2,117,990
OCC Annual Bank Balances (Pollock)
Report Date Total Resources Circulation
Sep-05-1900 $130,458.20 $0.00
Sep-30-1901 $301,089.76 $50,000.00
Sep-15-1902 $288,790.88 $50,000.00
Sep-09-1903 $353,546.63 $50,000.00
Sep-06-1904 $465,190.02 $100,000.00
Aug-25-1905 $493,661.00 $100,000.00
Sep-04-1906 $545,681.00 $100,000.00
Aug-22-1907 $579,058.00 $100,000.00
Sep-23-1908 $522,301.00 $100,000.00
Sep-01-1909 $530,996.00 $100,000.00
Sep-01-1910 $622,487.00 $100,000.00
Sep-01-1911 $654,506.00 $98,800.00
Sep-04-1912 $659,782.00 $100,000.00
Aug-09-1913 $677,826.00 $98,700.00
Sep-12-1914 $680,049.00 $100,000.00
Sep-02-1915 $633,318.00 $98,300.00
Sep-12-1916 $767,284.00 $98,700.00
Sep-11-1917 $771,521.00 $98,700.00
Aug-31-1918 $1,318,696.00 $175,000.00
Sep-12-1919 $1,391,904.00 $75,000.00
Sep-12-1920 $1,485,328.00 $100,000.00
Sep-06-1921 $1,397,009.00 $100,000.00
Sep-15-1922 $1,182,053.00 $100,000.00
Sep-14-1923 $1,323,887.00 $100,000.00
Oct-10-1924 $1,390,020.00 $100,000.00
Sep-28-1925 $1,362,900.00 $97,000.00
Dec-31-1926 $1,503,697.00 $100,000.00
Oct-10-1927 $1,582,602.00 $98,500.00
Dec-31-1928 $1,587,276.00 $100,000.00
Dec-31-1929 $1,457,168.00 $100,000.00
Dec-31-1930 $1,478,728.00 $100,000.00
Dec-31-1931 $1,313,946.00 $98,800.00
Dec-31-1932 $1,287,331.00 $100,000.00
Dec-30-1933 $1,129,141.00 $100,000.00
Dec-31-1934 $1,287,531.00 $100,000.00
Dec-31-1935 $1,299,572.00 $0.00

 

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