Second National Bank, Springfield, MA (Charter 181)

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Second National Bank, Springfield, MA (Chartered 1864 - Liquidated 1906)

Town History

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Springfield is located in Hampden County.

Springfield had 11 National Banks chartered during the Bank Note Era, and 10 of those banks issued National Bank Notes.

Bank History

• Chartered Jan 2, 1864
• Succeeded Springfield Bank
• Liquidated Mar 30, 1906
• Transferred business to Union Trust Company of Springfield

Official Bank Title(s)

1: The Second National Bank of Springfield, MA

Bank Note Types Issued

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A total of $1,618,650 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1864 and 1906. This consisted of a total of 217,830 notes (217,830 large size and No 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 - 6816
Original Series	4x5	1 - 10250
Original Series	4x10	1 - 5750
Original Series	3x20-50	1 - 1400
Series 1875	4x5	1 - 7456
Series 1875	4x10	1 - 3750
Series 1875	3x20-50	1 - 400
1882 Brown Back	4x5	1 - 11020
1882 Brown Back	3x10-20	1 - 3423
1882 Brown Back	50-100	1 - 535
1902 Red Seal	4x5	1 - 520
1902 Red Seal	3x10-20	1 - 3405

Bank Presidents and Cashiers

Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1864 - 1906):

Presidents:

• Henry Alexander, Jr. , 1864-1877
• Alfred Rowe, 1878-1886
• Albert Thomas Folsom, 1887-1893
• Gurdon Bill, 1894-1899
• Walter Greenough Morse, 1900-1905

Cashiers:

• Lewis Warriner, 1864-1880
• H. P. Piper, 1881-1881
• Charles Henry Churchill, 1882-1905

Other Known Bank Note Signers

• No other known bank note signers for this bank

Bank Note History Links

• Second National Bank, Springfield, MA History (NB Lookup)
• Massachusetts Bank Note History (BNH Wiki)

Sources

• Springfield, MA, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield,_Massachusetts
• 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