Bath National Bank, Bath, ME (Charter 494)

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Bath National Bank, Bath, ME (Chartered 1864 - Open past 1935)

Town History

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Bath is located in Sagadahoc County.

Bath had six National Banks chartered during the Bank Note Era, and all six of those banks issued National Bank Notes.

Bank History

• Chartered Aug 12, 1864
• Succeeded Bath Rank
• Bank was Open past 1935

Official Bank Title(s)

1: The Bath National Bank, Bath, ME

Bank Note Types Issued

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A total of $3,640,630 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1864 and 1935. This consisted of a total of 454,625 notes (387,436 large size and 67,189 small size notes).

This bank issued the following Types and Denominations of bank notes:

Series/Type	Sheet/Denoms	Serial#s	Sheet Comments
Original Series	3x1-2	1 - 2250
Original Series	4x5	1 - 4000
Original Series	3x10-20	1 - 1300
Original Series	50-100	1 - 736
Series 1875	3x1-2	1 - 400
Series 1875	4x5	1 - 3080
Series 1875	3x10-20	1 - 1135
1882 Brown Back	3x10-20	1 - 12316
1902 Red Seal	4x5	1 - 6500
1902 Red Seal	3x10-20	1 - 4800
1902 Date Back	4x5	1 - 9600
1902 Date Back	3x10-20	1 - 7580
1902 Plain Back	4x5	9601 - 41185
1902 Plain Back	3x10-20	7581 - 19525
1929 Type 1	6x5	1 - 7290
1929 Type 1	6x10	1 - 1980
1929 Type 1	6x20	1 - 528
1929 Type 2	5	1 - 4886
1929 Type 2	10	1 - 2771
1929 Type 2	20	1 - 744

Bank Presidents and Cashiers

Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1864 - 1935):

Presidents:

• Freeman Clark, 1864-1866
• Albert G. Page, 1867-1870
• Arthur Sewall, (Sr.), 1871-1900
• William Dunning Sewall, 1901-1929
• Arthur Sewall, (Jr.), 1930-1935

Cashiers:

• Franklin Partridge, 1864-1864
• William Dayton Hill, 1865-1892
• Fred Dayton Hill, 1893-1935

Other Known Bank Note Signers

• No other known bank note signers for this bank

Bank Note History Links

• Bath National Bank, Bath, ME History (NB Lookup)
• Maine Bank Note History (BNH Wiki)

Sources

• Bath, ME, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath,_Maine
• Don C. Kelly, National Bank Notes, A Guide with Prices. 6th Edition (Oxford, OH: The Paper Money Institute, 2008).
• Dean Oakes and John Hickman, Standard Catalog of National Bank Notes. 2nd Edition (Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1990).
• Banks & Bankers Historical Database (1782-1935), https://spmc.org/bank-note-history-project