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The National Union Bank of

Boston, Massachusetts

Charter
#985
Bank ID
985
Years
1865–1925
Observations
61

Assets

Year assets loans odraft acceptances_receivable bonds_circ bonds_hand 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 current_expenses exchanges bills_nb checks_and_other currency legal_tender specie cash_and_exchange lawful_money us_debt redemption_fund due_from_treasurer frb_reserve other_assets
1865 2,699,371.72 1,657,875.37 420,000 100,000 82,935.99 438,560.36
1866 2,919,555.67 1,619,656.45 620,000 93,511.83
1867 2,752,154.58 1,490,147.17 473.17 620,000 0 0 121,551.14 0 23.23 6,627 173,918.17 474 76,450 2,490.70 260,000 0
1868 3,152,174.54 1,820,314.04 0 620,000 0 0 165,118.66 0 0 179.10 12,361 182,927.51 456.11 166,120 21,918.12 162,780 0
1869 3,012,161.77 1,840,338.14 293.26 620,000 0 0 80,040 26,948 0 80.30 30,471 94,327.89 358.68 124,800 44,504.50 150,000 0
1870 2,950,043.09 1,707,844.40 0 620,000 2,000 0 123,453.85 83,200.39 0 188.50 101,235.75 8,573 7.22 1,873.96 95,000 56,666.02 150,000 0
1871 3,138,490.65 1,878,855.78 51.65 620,000 3,000 0 76,998.91 60,963.48 0 30.26 199,798.87 23,675 0 900.49 154,000 10,216.21 110,000 0
1872 3,124,959.09 2,065,355.05 164 620,000 0 0 161,085.78 20,321.22 0 21.63 76,747.45 24,701 0 1,000.75 155,000 562.21 0 0
1873 3,145,999.22 1,955,066.86 0 620,000 0 0 157,003.86 19,903.98 0 11,789.06 69,161.33 53,376 72,420 937.02 169,000 17,341.11 0 0
1874 3,371,222.78 1,983,613.57 857.42 620,000 0 0 221,724.15 100,624.84 27.72 93,315.75 26,452 20,272.15 1,219.92 80,000 65,715.26 130,000 27,400 0
1875 3,376,763.83 2,190,043.76 0 620,000 0 0 0 179,457.17 64,258.91 2 96,723.30 29,620 0 508.15 106,000 750.54 60,000 29,400 0
1876 3,067,422.32 1,836,988.13 122.82 620,000 0 0 0 178,130.97 86,379.88 11.25 146,851.59 30,160 2,741.99 0 80,000 43,135.69 0 42,900 0
1877 2,863,256.65 1,760,316.70 46.89 620,000 0 0 0 123,040.37 26,504.48 2.75 166,969.03 10,814 25,195.53 0 58,000 23,466.90 10,000 38,900 0
1878 3,037,340.99 1,877,825.17 0 620,000 0 58,000 0 139,916.30 9,840.04 3.25 164,042.05 38,610 3,145.87 0 47,000 31,058.31 20,000 27,900 0
1879 2,984,933.67 1,725,709.51 0 620,000 0 69,350 0 147,986.94 118,455.87 141.50 149,198.91 19,095 3,607.01 0 23,300 60,188.93 20,000 27,900 0
1880 3,624,761.37 2,044,647.10 29.08 720,000 0 58,025 0 179,371.92 265,144.41 2.50 167,096.66 14,587 9,702.80 0 26,000 107,754.90 0 32,400 0
1881 3,397,720.10 1,972,206.79 0 720,000 0 34,500 0 155,213.05 144,339.15 0 230,710.91 9,278 9,624.70 0 31,600 57,847.50 0 32,400 0
1882 3,147,939.64 1,938,678.24 124.54 630,000 0 5,000 0 203,078.29 103,237.88 1.25 105,648.30 12,792 10,098.34 0 18,100 92,830.80 0 28,350 0
1883 3,331,308.55 1,983,687.09 0 530,000 0 5,000 0 174,750.99 69,684.77 47.25 385,704.17 23,767 9,404.93 0 11,000 114,412.35 0 23,850 0
1884 3,105,438.70 2,050,133.49 51.99 530,000 0 5,000 0 200,111.49 25,288.91 0 144,622.44 14,827 7,969.93 0 18,500 85,083.45 0 23,850 0
1885 3,294,989.53 1,988,257.78 15.09 530,000 0 37,736.25 0 193,580.16 110,609.99 1.25 199,789.13 28,606 15,604.66 0 23,325 113,614.22 30,000 23,850 0
1886 2,931,069.40 1,857,975.46 0 430,000 0 127,000 0 133,148.02 51,626.80 177.80 140,073.62 20,764 10,670.33 56.37 42,500 93,727 0 19,350 4,000 0
1887 2,838,746.05 1,859,018.11 2.09 430,000 0 2,000 0 124,632.86 89,643.73 335.98 145,929.18 44,359 4,261.85 0 5,000 108,213.25 0 19,350 6,000 0
1888 2,760,498.69 2,029,154.68 25.97 50,000 0 60,531.25 0 173,051.78 201,417.07 1,215.25 70,594.52 33,034 1,915.43 0 9,000 128,308.74 0 2,250 0 0
1889 2,870,872.69 1,982,301.49 0 50,000 0 29,031.25 168,924.51 388,390.22 0 1,188.85 82,005.65 33,786 10,981.94 0 25,400 93,612.78 0 2,250 3,000 0
1890 2,831,940.73 2,111,648.61 0 50,000 0 80,537.50 158,554.41 145,300.71 0 1,552 130,988.50 23,752 2,564.02 0 19,400 105,392.98 0 2,250 0 0
1891 2,747,579.43 2,109,470.34 0 50,000 0 67,600 205,322.38 105,744.25 0 0 69,157.49 19,172 401.82 0 22,000 86,461.15 10,000 2,250 0 0
1892 3,348,660.54 2,616,900.30 0 50,000 0 82,600 192,587.93 144,082.91 242.83 1,154.25 57,550.63 26,392 7,363.10 0 33,500 134,036.59 0 2,250 0 0
1893 3,266,992.58 2,252,915.24 67.68 200,000 0 46,100 197,857.39 279,793.64 0 1,413.18 134,891.10 25,733 1,713 0 8,500 109,008.35 0 9,000 0 0
1894 3,847,429.91 2,749,398.26 0 200,000 0 45,887.52 339,902.10 167,898.10 0 88,835.14 9,638 2,730.17 0 51,000 143,140.62 40,000 9,000 0 0
1895 3,800,880.72 2,799,325.98 16.15 200,000 0 22,387.52 271,688.70 232,630.64 0 43,301.20 6,506 2,371.75 0 76,000 137,652.78 0 9,000 0 0
1896 3,918,959.62 2,884,444.91 0 200,000 0 69,628.75 225,166.84 132,752.74 0 156,981.16 28,550 1,668.55 0 105,000 105,766.67 0 9,000 0 0
1897 4,109,641.22 3,084,510.57 0 200,000 0 45,000 312,603.61 39,852.28 0 153,288.65 20,258 1,145 0 83,000 160,983.11 0 9,000 0 0
1898 4,042,131.83 2,900,136.92 38.03 200,000 0 97,875 396,825.49 57,283.95 0 61,096.30 16,940 403 0 22,500 280,033.14 0 9,000 0 0
1899 5,009,679.17 3,575,175.53 0 200,000 0 155,875 484,675.56 153,790.39 0 57,493.14 59,071 1,247.07 0 35,000 278,351.48 0 9,000 0 0
1900 4,885,985 3,579,925.96 0 100,000 0 70,000 544,930.06 194,819.86 0 53,248.56 47,183 831.65 0 84,500 205,545.91 0 5,000 0 0
1901 5,392,637.28 3,854,568.84 14.29 100,000 0 367,500 402,600.65 67,608.18 0 148,794.36 20,000 4,475.50 0 145,000 277,075.46 0 5,000 0 0
1902 7,654,668.54 5,115,856.74 0 100,000 0 68,062.50 910,713.72 349,372.46 0 267,322.47 45,047 21,496.06 0 127,000 638,797.59 5,000 6,000 0
1903 7,781,659.34 5,640,959.82 0.37 100,000 0 72,500 931,242.57 160,364.56 0 158,683.66 93,320 1,644.08 0 175,000 442,944.28 5,000 0 0
1904 8,999,192.50 6,172,098.78 0 100,000 0 71,000 1,382,467.98 295,969.83 0 0 489,563.77 40,774 6,081.78 0 146,000 278,236.36 5,000 12,000 0
1905 8,888,333 6,152,878 100,000 41,000 636,455
1906 9,282,234 6,067,134 100,000 74,476 2,401,629 638,995
1907 8,637,072 6,338,594 100,000 49,476 1,423,219 725,783
1908 11,352,754 7,861,589 150,000 1 2,352,840 988,324
1909 14,883,242 9,458,430 150,000 55,951 3,922,603 1,296,258
1910 13,057,983 8,638,630 400,000 47,754 2,665,472 1,306,127
1911 13,955,158 9,157,000 400,000 216,987 2,930,400 1,250,771
1912 12,456,581 8,645,525 400,000 30,113 2,316,230 1,064,713
1913 13,200,344 9,174,699 400,000 185,404 2,055,055 1,385,186
1914 12,723,325 8,195,431 400,000 1,371,179 1,677,353 1,079,362
1915 13,105,024 8,880,708 400,000 497,673 2,456,793 869,850
1916 15,194,521 10,005,133 400,000 642,865 3,501,052 645,471
1917 16,036,788 11,331,617 823,300 844,803 1,859,401 1,177,667
1918 15,039,009 10,576,696 1,074,250 571,783 1,687,463 1,087,535 41,282
1919 17,207,661 11,063,092 2,540,121 314,788 2,167,111 1,068,970 53,579
1920 17,898,691 12,080,556 1,595,159 245,156 2,171,574 1,064,360 741,886
1921 13,628,029 10,333,343 158,833 707,066 155,057 1,410,538 828,143 35,046
1922 15,730,922 11,202,180 820,064 413,338 2,062,040 1,068,361 164,939
1923 16,100,226 11,473,635 750,034 669,137 1,954,938 1,145,532 106,945
1924 18,488,877 13,485,119 500,000 1,215,238 1,862,755 1,289,072 136,693
1925‡

‡ 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
1865 1,000,000 201,759.50 8,422.13 339,700 53,813 929,444.13 44,498.09 21,061.87 100,673
1866 1,000,000 220,000 2,310.91 540,300 6,592 1,074,403.37 58,000 17,949.39
1867 1,000,000 260,000 12,219.54 546,072 4,096 863,038.81 0 53,328.36 13,399.87 0 0 0
1868 1,000,000 340,000 15,123.53 546,938 0 1,042,181.28 0 175,901.42 13,150.31 0 0
1869 1,000,000 380,000 27,326.54 545,670 0 846,968.51 0 192,089.06 20,107.66 0 0 0
1870 1,000,000 410,000 30,297.05 539,959 0 889,342.05 0 61,232.84 9,182.15 0 10,030 0 0
1871 1,000,000 425,000 39,679.16 536,828 0 1,076,854.60 0 1,880.02 12,598.87 0 45,650 0 0
1872 1,000,000 475,000 36,398.74 530,270 0 966,389.11 0 70,016 25,020.24 0 21,865 0 0
1873 1,000,000 500,000 116,078.66 542,408 0 923,892.73 0 62,629.83 0 0 990 0 0
1874 1,000,000 500,000 62,226.53 534,562 0 1,229,465.10 0 13,931.15 0 0 31,038 0 0
1875 1,000,000 500,000 60,347.70 537,958 0 1,215,020.53 0 21,138.60 0 0 42,299 0 0
1876 1,000,000 500,000 31,163.40 553,000 0 939,618.35 0 10,215.57 0 0 33,425 0 0
1877 1,000,000 448,000 28,057.36 549,475 0 765,775.56 0 46,941.73 0 0 25,007 0 0
1878 1,000,000 400,000 41,259.84 546,630 0 991,009.54 0 32,375.61 0 0 26,066 0 0
1879 1,000,000 400,000 36,810.52 556,800 0 965,576.71 0 7,734.44 0 0 18,012 0 0
1880 1,000,000 400,000 44,695.16 646,680 0 1,501,340.21 0 0 0 0 32,046 0 0
1881 1,000,000 400,000 71,669.01 648,000 0 1,244,113.59 0 0 0 0 33,937.50 0 0
1882 1,000,000 400,000 61,937.36 567,000 0 1,086,755.75 0 11,462.53 0 0 0 20,784 0 0
1883 1,000,000 400,000 54,113.35 477,000 0 1,381,756.50 0 83.70 0 0 0 18,355 0 0
1884 1,000,000 400,000 49,174.27 477,000 0 1,138,946.06 0 637.87 0 0 0 39,680.50 0 0
1885 1,000,000 400,000 28,341.38 468,880 0 1,367,233.36 0 192.79 0 0 0 30,342 0 0
1886 1,000,000 400,000 47,345.37 387,000 0 1,082,421.69 0 6,524.34 0 0 0 7,778 0 0
1887 1,000,000 400,000 61,281.14 383,000 0 986,991.91 0 0 0 0 0 7,473 0 0
1888 1,000,000 400,000 176,717.63 45,000 0 1,122,709.18 0 7,593.88 0 0 0 8,478 0 0
1889 1,000,000 400,000 116,383.22 45,000 0 1,274,585.40 0 2,249.07 0 0 0 32,655 0 0
1890 1,000,000 400,000 135,481.51 45,000 0 1,131,953.41 0 15 99,874.99 0 6,142.82 13,473 0 0
1891 1,000,000 400,000 196,923.04 45,000 0 1,073,163.99 0 1,823.94 26,064.57 0 2,740.89 1,863 0 0
1892 1,000,000 400,000 212,160.78 45,000 0 1,482,379.04 0 4,628.60 166,721.97 0 3,555.15 34,215 0 0
1893 1,000,000 400,000 222,573.20 179,180 0 1,195,183.74 0 312.66 251,818.06 0 1,565.92 16,359 0 0
1894 1,000,000 400,000 211,518.37 178,010 0 1,663,299.79 0 6,475.06 362,102.69 0 13,700 12,324 0 0
1895 1,000,000 400,000 242,493.80 177,330 0 1,571,753.12 0 10,574.30 368,586.96 0 11,008.54 1,854 0 17,280
1896 1,000,000 400,000 246,054.15 175,430 0 1,541,572.32 0 7,687.27 520,755.65 0 1,261.23 9,300 0 16,899
1897 1,000,000 400,000 257,510.08 174,950 0 1,697,798.71 0 10,163.48 475,181.37 50,000 14,128.58 13,659 0 16,250
1898 1,000,000 400,000 312,901.01 178,440 0 1,553,156.05 0 11,681.80 575,528.97 0 2,016 153 0 8,255
1899 1,000,000 400,000 304,189.38 178,000 0 2,495,531.01 0 2,027.53 620,765.25 0 200 126 0 8,840
1900 1,000,000 400,000 365,947.39 100,000 0 2,546,263.69 0 9,138.77 0 90,967.64 361,442.51 0 300 1,125 0 10,800
1901 1,000,000 400,000 369,956.88 94,850 0 2,630,857.89 0 19,328.77 110,957.81 247,265.20 487,412.73 0 967 31,041 0 0
1902 1,000,000 400,000 453,027.23 99,500 0 3,562,913.82 0 109,667.89 159,824.39 0 1,762,492.10 0 85,570.81 171 21,501.30 0
1903 1,000,000 400,000 500,422.14 100,000 0 3,769,708.03 0 62,428.78 55,952.62 0 1,545,735.62 300,000 27,178.65 233.50 0 20,000
1904 1,000,000 400,000 519,690.72 99,100 0 4,190,150.75 0 61,784.47 25,100.17 0 2,510,762.98 0 171,425.41 1,178 0 20,000
1905 1,000,000 967,488 99,000 6,796,844
1906 1,000,000 1,069,673 98,700 0 6,183,764 930,097
1907 1,000,000 1,160,775 98,500 0 5,448,500 929,297
1908 1,000,000 1,000,000 323,322 150,000 0 6,305,314 2,574,118
1909 1,000,000 1,000,000 342,900 148,000 0 8,619,014 3,773,328
1910 1,000,000 1,000,000 455,152 397,600 0 7,826,760 2,378,471
1911 1,000,000 1,000,000 460,479 392,900 0 8,854,770 2,247,009
1912 1,000,000 1,000,000 556,027 386,500 0 7,662,952 1,851,102
1913 1,000,000 1,000,000 545,075 390,700 29,666 8,203,581 2,031,322
1914 1,000,000 1,000,000 508,060 825,200 43,963 7,492,449 1,853,053
1915 1,000,000 1,000,000 286,727 400,000 7,767,237 413,462 2,237,598
1916 1,000,000 1,000,000 353,052 395,400 9,162,805 544,155 2,739,109
1917 1,000,000 1,000,000 434,051 387,500 9,628,250 530,517 3,056,470
1918 1,000,000 1,510,214 395,400 9,458,378 13,457 2,661,560
1919 1,000,000 1,652,130 396,000 10,403,621 10,336 3,745,574
1920 1,000,000 1,676,937 387,100 9,981,416 18,739 4,834,493
1921 1,000,000 1,881,313 386,900 9,003,506 57,122 873,354 425,833
1922 1,000,000 1,634,474 400,000 10,702,661 142,771 1,080,330
1923 1,000,000 1,761,245 396,400 10,917,508 642,250 1,108,485
1924 1,000,000 1,807,291 400,000 11,758,694 647,053 2,585,918
1925‡

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