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Banks and Bankers in Springfield’s Early Finance
A historical account traces Springfield’s banking from 1818 notes of Farmers & Mechanics to the 1859 Springfield Deposit Bank, its capital, officers, and practices, through the Civil War era. It details banknotes, safes, security, and wartime financial disruption, ending with the revival as The Washington Bank and new Main Street building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Farmers & Mechanics
A. C. McElroy
First National Bank
Mathew Walton
John C. Calhoun
Gen. M. Walton
John .C. Calhoun
James P. Calhoun
Farmers and Mechanics
Lssue
John C. Riley
A. McElroy
Levi J. Smith
Alexander Hamilton
Springfield Deposit Bank
Hugh McElroy
Charles R. McElroy
Atelier
McElroy
McElroy and Rinehart
Irvin McElroy
Jase
Depwait Bank
Bank of Kentucky
Bank of Louisville
Northern Bank of Kentucky
Southern Bank of Kentucky
Farmers Bank of Kentucky
Commercial Bank of Kentucky
Burksville
Monticello
Somerset
Barbourville
Danville
Deposit Bank
Congress
Sue Mundy
Berry
Mitchell
United States
London
Washington Bank
Main Street
John R. Wharton
John W. Rinehart
John J. McElroy