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The First National Bank of

Boston, Massachusetts

Charter
#200
Bank ID
200
Years
1864–1941
Observations
78

Assets

Year assets loans odraft acceptances_receivable bonds_circ bonds_dep bonds_hand bond_premiums securities_and_mortgages securities securities_usgov securities_other due_from_nb due_from_ra due_from_other_nb due_from_other_nb_and_sb due_from_sb real_estate current_expenses exchanges bills_nb checks_and_other currency legal_tender specie cash_and_exchange lawful_money cash_exchange_and_reserve us_debt redemption_fund due_from_treasurer frb_reserve other_assets
1864 4,102,382.52 1,074,682.37 1,617,850 114,676.24 46,565.90 313 1,248,295.01
1865 4,575,020.88 1,344,398.50 725,000 927,500 111,008.10 1,467,114.28
1866 5,043,400.07 1,860,665.16 905,000 545,000 417,905.61
1867 4,888,639.71 1,970,275.90 0 905,000 500,000 45,000 0 150,400 547,642.64 0 0 0 21,981 287,834.68 9,203.70 318,798 953.79 131,550 0
1868 5,938,200.65 2,453,521.20 200.75 905,000 500,000 0 0 150,400 614,405.37 0 0 0 0 111,186 542,588.02 66,224.31 470,879 8,796 115,000 0
1869 5,164,401.95 2,455,376.25 4,922.03 905,000 0 100,000 0 150,400 352,185.62 166,740.17 0 157,475.65 2,015.17 55,182 384,437.51 3,630.55 347,037 0 80,000 0
1870 5,381,718.77 2,716,016.53 1,034.92 905,000 0 0 0 150,400 479,176.17 25,237.07 0 282,017.65 1,382.95 326,306.82 59,420 31,576.41 6,403.25 221,600 96,147 80,000 0
1871 6,085,197.44 3,081,526.58 946.38 889,000 0 0 0 150,400 556,900.05 105,005.18 6,740.48 286,613.08 0 365,622.94 97,954 28,696.11 3,367.64 485,250 17,175 10,000 0
1872 5,330,816.84 2,890,480.64 0 889,000 0 0 0 150,400 360,621.22 47,441.54 0 286,613.08 0 232,163.90 21,534 58,389.92 3,409.54 390,500 263 0 0
1873 5,454,840.13 3,040,419.19 700.62 789,000 0 0 0 150,400 321,263.82 113,129.66 0 285,000 27,603.27 283,697.63 78,645 77,940.61 4,640.33 137,000 5,400 140,000 0
1874 5,900,750.99 3,427,029.30 4,936.12 789,000 0 0 0 150,400 270,074.01 132,216.10 280,000 3 250,883.30 75,662 70,403.66 5,103.50 42,900 50,440 300,000 51,700 0
1875 6,167,954.44 3,459,566.69 68.20 589,000 0 0 0 150,400 0 111,592.67 83,783.20 265,000 0 833,631.79 105,188 37,104.02 2,659.87 280,400 3,060 190,000 56,500 0
1876 5,282,438.29 3,033,007.18 235.08 589,000 0 0 0 220,400 0 435,091.15 116,562.85 265,000 0 226,143.30 29,502 44,131.67 2,350.06 108,600 57,315 105,000 50,100 0
1877 5,227,796.60 2,906,131.62 0 705,000 0 0 0 200,400 0 225,486.59 69,498.93 290,635.14 9,610.30 326,704 61,318 75,423.44 303.58 81,800 109,960 95,000 70,525 0
1878 5,263,376.13 2,847,786.74 0 891,000 0 64,000 0 214,400 0 285,335.14 66,555.31 281,940.40 6 236,249.09 72,409 75,645.92 400.53 113,356 56,392 0 57,900 0
1879 5,525,104.18 3,149,241.78 0 889,000 0 0 0 49,000 0 428,165.38 215,001.88 255,133.36 243 186,775.53 46,825 71,874.25 37 86,577 36,130 70,000 41,100 0
1880 6,057,833.78 3,628,856.45 25,131.21 889,000 0 0 0 64,000 0 497,255.72 107,012.28 250,000 0 163,813.54 28,455 44,429.58 160 58,722 250,998 0 50,000 0
1881 5,978,066.93 3,424,938.27 0 889,000 0 0 0 64,000 0 295,787.38 263,758.91 250,000 53.60 463,320.72 15,471 72,610.05 68 78,729 108,330 0 52,000 0
1882 5,052,600.98 2,807,196.30 1,879.28 889,000 0 0 0 64,000 0 259,705.28 225,803.06 250,000 13 268,103.37 12,661 34,053.37 58.82 26,900 143,227.50 30,000 40,000 0
1883 5,349,298.97 2,873,575.41 58.60 889,000 0 0 0 64,000 0 253,291.50 508,232.77 250,000 0 170,231.03 45,774 45,133.66 90 69,800 130,112 10,000 40,000 0
1884 5,855,443 3,413,450.40 1.99 889,000 0 0 0 59,000 0 360,548.85 146,303.66 250,000 0 329,032.55 38,680 57,723.55 142 89,700 181,860 0 40,000 0
1885 5,992,538.94 3,485,279.82 293.76 889,000 0 0 0 49,000 0 309,496.77 245,543.11 250,000 40 242,608.65 89,101 70,306.09 349.24 64,095 257,425.50 0 40,000 0
1886 5,678,563.97 3,421,478.23 0 550,000 0 0 0 15,000 0 271,803.86 390,660.68 250,000 351.63 392,109.78 30,348 60,749.16 142.13 54,700 206,475.50 10,000 24,745 0 0
1887 5,314,971.38 3,399,735.94 2,404.64 550,000 0 0 0 10,000 0 411,438.26 125,052.58 250,000 708.11 191,821.47 35,558 44,944.88 121 65,000 198,886.50 0 24,750 4,550 0
1888 5,638,364.50 3,634,461.15 2,826.06 550,000 0 0 0 5,000 0 373,103.17 255,904.08 250,000 51 187,036.29 22,353 40,891.25 295 66,700 224,993.50 0 24,750 0 0
1889 5,405,282.26 4,022,847.07 0 50,000 0 0 0 7,248.31 344,391.29 140,521.55 0 250,000 0 195,070.59 9,067 33,985.95 90 113,800 226,010.50 10,000 2,250 0 0
1890 5,568,914.95 3,930,210.59 496.44 50,000 0 0 0 60,300 520,785.58 121,603.17 0 250,000 162.97 246,499.02 10,284 24,449.80 290.88 155,000 196,582.50 0 2,250 0 0
1891 5,120,666.40 3,768,293.52 148.21 50,000 0 0 0 68,300 240,810.34 172,003.10 0 250,000 20,031.57 168,298.87 6,193 29,559.79 350.50 189,000 89,427.50 60,000 2,250 6,000 0
1892 5,705,828.07 3,974,111.95 0 50,000 0 0 0 113,300 353,019.17 331,017.17 0 250,000 0 227,864.88 3,972 29,048.90 695.50 212,100 150,448.50 0 2,250 8,000 0
1893 5,217,647.53 3,638,853.51 1,193.46 50,000 0 0 0 121,300 330,724.96 231,691.57 0 250,000 32.70 156,268.34 17,135 53,807.49 916 114,472 242,002.50 0 2,250 7,000 0
1894 6,954,133.49 4,927,066.73 94.81 50,000 0 0 0 79,474.54 527,314.57 240,691.72 3,098.57 250,000 242,117.80 14,300 89,161.37 328.38 95,769 413,466 10,000 2,250 9,000 0
1895 5,946,306.43 4,383,372.29 11.63 50,000 0 0 0 93,085.49 265,308.65 238,945.58 2,230.96 250,000 65,529.37 11,812 57,098.46 369 64,163 462,130 0 2,250 0 0
1896 5,470,852.52 3,736,374.06 241.37 50,000 0 0 0 77,910.95 441,587.99 349,954.82 2,107.02 250,000 122,656.09 18,774 49,888.64 356.08 73,709 295,042.50 0 2,250 0 0
1897 6,923,679.53 4,825,888.74 0 50,000 0 0 0 22,524.17 531,268.54 471,239.82 2,045.05 250,000 208,305.41 23,321 30,266 355.80 125,617 330,598 50,000 2,250 0 0
1898 7,247,660.75 5,000,728.05 51.93 50,000 0 0 0 110,206.14 611,948.88 324,570.76 1,828.15 250,000 257,145.81 19,899 54,328.28 582 136,488 420,633.75 0 2,250 7,000 0
1899 7,606,090.35 5,412,382.44 0 50,000 0 0 0 137,338.52 637,534.02 274,350.15 0 250,000 194,359.74 28,656 4,997.28 457.70 130,000 473,764.50 0 2,250 10,000 0
1900 7,027,065.87 4,882,840.38 6.56 50,000 0 0 0 129,208.60 618,678.93 153,646.16 0 350,000 237,888.24 20,555 5,395.55 487.45 132,000 432,309 0 2,500 11,550 0
1901 6,849,729.39 4,524,109.23 3.78 50,000 0 0 0 119,387.50 570,519.65 151,644.29 0 350,000 470,829.99 20,771 45,518 609.45 140,000 402,556.50 0 2,500 1,280 0
1902 6,955,311.96 4,813,422.94 0.51 50,000 0 0 0 144,387.50 615,389.33 261,301.33 37,937.41 0 312,123.15 20,095 27,622.84 652.95 147,760 509,619 2,500 12,500 0
1903 13,078,050.34 8,696,105.18 1,928.70 150,000 0 0 0 334,426.32 1,402,150.23 429,965.62 462,806.64 0 516,825.50 56,527 25,525.64 1,032.81 94,000 891,256.70 7,500 8,000 0
1904 43,875,721.95 23,622,258.35 5,000.65 1,124,000 544,000 0 75,750 1,692,768.12 6,685,127.73 2,983,842.80 750,587.41 0 0 1,312,927.47 160,000 1,401,635.82 2,072.10 735,539 2,669,012.50 56,200 55,000 0
1905 45,648,700 27,476,712 1,218,000 1,605,148 4,084,879
1906 47,379,380 27,555,769 718,000 1,453,477 13,765,432 3,886,702
1907 45,324,155 27,757,250 700,000 1,873,402 11,106,396 3,887,107
1908 61,528,766 33,972,316 2,200,000 3,570,631 16,276,706 5,509,113
1909 68,890,113 38,388,450 1,255,000 3,249,542 18,982,472 7,014,649
1910 70,527,528 42,913,509 1,606,000 2,378,416 16,924,098 6,705,505
1911 74,711,582 43,733,475 1,216,000 3,712,262 18,735,347 7,314,498
1912 93,981,811 57,706,528 2,250,000 5,935,839 20,330,162 7,759,282
1913 92,171,998 52,875,978 2,250,000 6,275,298 21,630,322 9,140,400
1914 105,785,251 60,711,955 1,950,000 16,078,043 16,389,741 10,655,512
1915 111,242,718 64,743,748 1,900,000 9,151,245 27,841,175 7,606,550
1916 146,733,246 84,200,735 1,200,000 9,487,212 46,148,092 5,697,207
1917 167,759,578 106,128,134 2,172,250 10,043,713 39,477,421 9,938,060
1918 204,134,902 125,077,418 9,620,800 11,172,937 23,532,652 10,237,106 24,493,989
1919 257,219,849 149,158,832 13,961,367 16,609,476 29,239,320 11,562,510 36,688,354
1920 246,372,275 165,070,575 3,577,420 12,320,393 23,830,921 13,602,107 27,970,859
1921 191,049,063 127,618,672 11,015,088 1,832,807 14,124,729 17,549,903 10,991,230 7,916,634
1922 231,308,261 151,308,575 15,120,489 19,643,183 22,053,760 13,784,346 9,397,908
1923 288,783,408 200,898,725 13,400,434 27,588,026 23,567,548 15,349,809 7,978,866
1924 289,583,745 184,449,794 13,552,482 29,743,620 24,200,319 18,305,670 19,331,860
1925 308,226,189 212,455,758 14,256,228 31,281,993 28,460,008 17,488,502 4,283,700
1926 356,407,854 223,943,930 19,443,107 45,382,631 51,746,989 15,891,197
1927 383,265,364 260,028,845 28,992,607 40,874,661 45,585,040 7,784,211
1928 449,768,937 253,053,627 34,818,917 36,292,332 79,096,412 46,507,649
1929 640,302,917 353,993,131 23,241,236 23,221,167 120,389,127 119,458,256
1930 670,229,194 349,468,027 48,165,150 50,215,805 118,373,352 104,006,860
1931 533,999,167 256,612,826 56,530,133 43,882,680 115,245,534 61,727,994
1932 580,937,752 265,739,885 107,351,754 37,312,830 134,635,077 35,898,206
1933 591,290,726 255,162,834 119,487,029 45,112,235 125,874,553 45,654,075
1934 626,822,563 227,845,737 134,780,032 36,733,137 186,848,270 40,615,387
1935‡ 672,684,546
1936‡
1937‡
1938
1939 769,895,174 218,287,902 120,480,310 27,872,229 367,611,269 35,643,464
1940 888,310,387 234,264,355 126,986,186 26,680,924 473,311,525 27,067,397
1941 867,212,301 295,379,855 166,022,918 25,267,446 353,930,091 26,611,991

‡ Gray rows indicate years where the bank appears in the Historical NIC panel but no balance sheet was reported.

Liabilities & Capital

Year capital surplus undivided_profits surplus_and_undivided_profits notes_nb notes_sb deposits us_deposits individual_deposits demand_deposits time_deposits due_to_nb due_to_other_nb due_to_ra due_to_sb due_to_tc_and_sb due_to_banks due_to_banks_and_other_liabs bills_payable certified_checks unpaid_dividends us_bond_account other_liabs
1864 1,000,000 184,725.29 5,142.17 449,850 1,133,298.77 971,973.39 304,022.90 53,370
1865 1,000,000 356,190 17,219.66 640,000 13,925 953,503.59 243,772.12 1,287,291.73 1,834.28 61,284.50
1866 1,000,000 419,016.09 15,376.98 795,000 2,767 999,069.54 416,791.26 1,393,760.86 1,618.34
1867 1,000,000 577,336.69 18,381.34 793,514 1,893 836,309.75 226,663.10 1,433,759.84 781.99 0 0 0
1868 1,000,000 664,426.11 22,098.55 795,405 1,651 1,435,203.12 330,234.37 1,688,145.38 1,037.12 0 0
1869 1,000,000 772,716.13 28,195.32 789,135 1,599 1,044,604.08 0 1,477,437.82 50,714.60 0 0 0
1870 1,000,000 865,110.36 26,928.81 786,000 1,584 1,074,583.01 0 1,545,818.25 73,738.34 0 7,956 0 0
1871 1,000,000 890,370.91 34,072.31 748,540 1,522 1,097,222.88 0 2,145,444.73 168,024.61 0 0 0 0
1872 1,000,000 965,183.34 22,318.36 781,000 0 1,054,679.72 0 1,439,333.32 46,966.10 0 21,336 0 0
1873 1,000,000 1,000,000 187,044.06 699,185 0 1,289,630.48 0 1,246,431.45 32,327.14 0 222 0 0
1874 1,000,000 1,000,000 187,239.07 709,990 0 1,025,806.87 0 1,884,258.93 74,334.12 0 19,122 0 0
1875 1,000,000 1,000,000 179,377.76 530,000 0 1,753,303.38 0 1,498,158.61 11,906.69 160,000 35,208 0 0
1876 1,000,000 1,000,000 129,412.23 515,000 0 903,385.49 0 1,651,974.27 45,202.30 0 37,464 0 0
1877 1,000,000 1,000,000 42,773.36 627,400 0 1,337,365.37 0 1,059,235.68 6,554.19 115,000 39,468 0 0
1878 1,000,000 1,000,000 25,505.58 788,100 0 1,021,883.69 0 1,325,871.58 141.28 75,000 26,874 0 0
1879 1,000,000 1,000,000 24,570.95 799,950 0 1,163,671.79 0 1,520,579.35 888.09 0 15,444 0 0
1880 1,000,000 1,000,000 41,343.41 800,000 0 1,376,352.43 0 1,652,932.47 935.47 160,000 26,270 0 0
1881 1,000,000 1,000,000 45,978.91 800,000 0 1,393,735.77 0 1,690,971.04 4,291.21 0 43,090 0 0
1882 1,000,000 1,000,000 49,703.76 787,400 0 1,206,571.02 0 969,182.95 5,428.25 0 0 34,315 0 0
1883 1,000,000 1,000,000 62,305.35 800,000 0 1,460,289.21 0 1,001,332.60 2,076.81 0 0 23,295 0 0
1884 1,000,000 1,000,000 75,170.08 800,000 0 1,557,100.51 0 1,281,066.88 940.53 90,000 0 51,165 0 0
1885 1,000,000 1,000,000 89,827.36 752,000 0 1,692,424.77 0 1,424,254.45 1,677.36 0 0 32,355 0 0
1886 1,000,000 1,000,000 157,651.84 494,900 0 1,821,793.59 0 1,176,390.72 18,062.82 0 0 9,765 0 0
1887 1,000,000 1,000,000 189,545.55 495,000 0 1,500,275.64 0 1,097,567.48 11,966.71 0 0 20,616 0 0
1888 1,000,000 1,000,000 213,620.41 486,870 0 1,699,913.15 0 1,216,168.12 7,867.82 0 0 13,925 0 0
1889 1,000,000 1,000,000 251,844.67 45,000 0 2,050,452.57 0 918,175.56 79,489.46 0 0 60,320 0 0
1890 1,000,000 1,000,000 257,681.35 45,000 0 2,056,071.29 0 1,092,463.66 14,142.15 0 86,162.50 17,394 0 0
1891 1,000,000 1,000,000 352,791.02 45,000 0 1,695,505 0 965,253.58 25,537.39 0 36,321.41 258 0 0
1892 1,000,000 1,000,000 250,474.46 45,000 0 2,065,859.45 0 1,199,697.39 67,991.43 0 16,541.34 60,264 0 0
1893 1,000,000 1,000,000 263,605.79 45,000 0 1,904,925.37 0 835,325.50 24,511.45 90,000 36,591.42 17,688 0 0
1894 1,000,000 1,000,000 247,673.69 45,000 0 2,600,938.67 0 1,920,477.89 48,837.80 55,000 5,533.44 30,672 0 0
1895 1,000,000 1,000,000 267,647.95 45,000 0 2,133,252.63 0 1,156,814.75 112,981.78 220,000 10,303.32 306 0 0
1896 1,000,000 1,000,000 144,496.90 44,500 0 1,827,913.18 0 1,336,746.93 57,567.28 0 36,855 7,806 0 14,967.23
1897 1,000,000 1,000,000 84,117.42 44,580 0 2,761,429.16 0 1,779,657.86 81,994.33 115,000 32,491.51 9,846 0 14,563.25
1898 1,000,000 1,000,000 137,775.90 45,000 0 2,959,829.24 0 1,917,363.88 64,644.93 65,000 57,450.80 596 0 0
1899 1,000,000 1,000,000 95,917.27 44,280 0 2,884,109.96 0 2,303,066 65,997.12 185,000 27,160 560 0 0
1900 1,000,000 1,000,000 134,850.29 50,000 0 2,054,928.12 0 2,017,730.58 0 34,642.33 733,053.07 0 1,785.48 76 0 0
1901 1,000,000 900,000 88,394.40 49,100 0 2,544,843.73 0 1,610,244.05 17,093.65 45,833.97 483,419.39 0 70,732.20 40,068 0 0
1902 1,000,000 900,000 218,432.82 50,000 0 2,480,088.52 0 1,582,050.32 112,833.63 38,493.34 560,695.83 0 12,705.50 12 0 0
1903 1,000,000 900,000 127,410.95 149,000 0 6,815,553.48 0 1,872,246.26 491,389.98 466,688.51 1,051,238.36 0 204,434.80 88 0 0
1904 2,000,000 2,000,000 116,675.09 1,110,200 0 17,881,968.80 544,000 11,894,396.89 1,624,324.11 1,039,276.52 5,186,936.78 0 459,863.76 80 18,000 0
1905 2,000,000 2,129,256 1,018,000 40,483,442
1906 2,000,000 2,291,205 500,398 200,000 22,653,668 19,734,109
1907 2,000,000 2,593,927 689,500 700,000 22,315,049 17,025,679
1908 2,000,000 2,000,000 1,088,440 1,975,800 406,000 28,501,545 25,556,981
1909 2,000,000 2,000,000 1,320,481 800,000 700,000 35,558,365 26,511,267
1910 3,000,000 3,000,000 2,888,090 1,191,900 700,000 34,201,333 25,546,205
1911 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,382,987 450,000 700,000 37,268,004 26,910,591
1912 5,000,000 5,000,000 5,709,899 2,000,000 311,823 48,215,934 27,744,155
1913 5,000,000 5,000,000 6,249,887 2,000,000 385,944 46,474,624 27,061,543
1914 5,000,000 5,000,000 6,887,701 4,838,000 478,196 46,828,787 36,752,567
1915 5,000,000 5,000,000 7,233,901 1,500,000 52,534,214 2,147,188 37,827,415
1916 5,000,000 10,000,000 2,709,266 1,000,000 70,104,769 4,891,184 53,028,027
1917 7,500,000 15,000,000 3,577,373 500,000 79,255,525 9,393,641 52,533,039
1918 7,500,000 19,486,478 500,000 103,593,958 4,681,548 68,372,918
1919 7,500,000 20,151,105 500,000 132,805,453 3,114,129 93,149,162
1920 15,000,000 21,588,519 496,100 125,752,166 4,641,753 78,893,737
1921 15,000,000 24,203,532 494,700 97,425,724 7,697,293 33,288,583 12,939,231
1922 15,000,000 23,024,643 0 117,336,854 13,297,128 36,905,765
1923 15,000,000 21,389,353 0 136,075,680 30,533,261 34,763,457
1924 15,000,000 20,660,234 0 141,133,832 36,237,085 50,436,638
1925 20,000,000 24,237,935 0 148,926,931 46,086,821 40,027,822
1926 20,000,000 24,307,189 0 163,497,421 60,077,067 43,011,114 45,515,063
1927 20,000,000 23,719,850 0 152,453,505 86,204,683 58,454,169 42,433,157
1928 25,000,000 32,434,269 0 149,362,355 77,177,612 67,279,175 98,515,526
1929 43,500,000 31,500,000 6,438,620 0 468,995,071 0 89,869,226
1930 44,500,000 33,500,000 8,319,594 0 508,629,305 0 75,280,295
1931 44,500,000 28,500,000 13,815,585 0 416,323,157 0 30,860,425
1932 44,500,000 22,500,000 14,990,268 0 488,836,159 0 10,111,325
1933 44,500,000 22,500,000 18,943,381 0 483,663,749 0 21,683,596
1934 44,500,000 22,500,000 15,299,190 0 528,263,130 0 16,260,243
1935‡
1936‡
1937‡
1938 0
1939 27,812,500 39,187,500 23,983,183 666,479,476 12,432,515
1940 27,812,500 39,187,500 24,381,221 786,135,958 0 10,793,208
1941 27,812,500 39,187,500 25,864,655 762,033,416 0 12,314,230

‡ Gray rows indicate years where the bank appears in the Historical NIC panel but no balance sheet was reported.