National Eagle Bank, Boston, MA (Charter 993)

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National Eagle Bank, Boston, MA (Chartered 1865 - Liquidated 1898)

Town History

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Boston is located in Suffolk County.

Boston had 84 National Banks chartered during the Bank Note Era, and 75 of those banks issued National Bank Notes. Boston also had 63 Obsolete Banks that issued Obsolete Bank Notes during the Obsolete Bank Note Era (1782-1866).

Bank History

• Organized Mar 29, 1865
• Chartered Apr 7, 1865
• Succeeded Eagle Bank
• Liquidated Dec 13, 1898
• Succeeded by 5155 (National Shawmut Bank, Boston, MA)

Official Bank Title(s)

1: The National Eagle Bank of Boston, MA

Bank Note Types Issued

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A total of $2,117,350 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1865 and 1898. This consisted of a total of 312,268 notes (312,268 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 - 16500
Original Series	4x5	1 - 9375
Original Series	3x10-20	1 - 4700
Original Series	50-100	1 - 1500
Original Series	500	1 - 200
Series 1875	3x1-2	1 - 7800
Series 1875	4x5	1 - 17365
Series 1875	3x10-20	1 - 9415
Series 1875	50-100	1 - 840
1882 Brown Back	4x5	1 - 10010
1882 Brown Back	3x10-20	1 - 1602
1882 Brown Back	50-100	1 - 160

Bank Presidents and Cashiers

Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1865 - 1898):

Presidents:

• Waldo Flint, 1865-1866
• Robert S. Covell, 1867-1893
• Alfred S. Woodworth, 1894-1898

Cashiers:

• Robert S. Covell, 1865-1866
• Charles W. Melcher, 1867-1867
• William Gray Brooks, Jr. , 1868-1898

Other Known Bank Note Signers

• No other known bank note signers for this bank

Bank Note History Links

• National Eagle Bank, Boston, MA History (NB Lookup)
• Massachusetts Bank Note History (BNH Wiki)

Sources

• Boston, MA, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston,_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