Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
Creator: | Commercial Bank of Lake Erie |
Title: | Commercial Bank of Lake Erie Records |
Dates: | 1816-1840 |
Extent: | 4.00 linear feet (6 volumes) |
Abstract: | The Commercial Bank of Lake Erie was Cleveland, Ohio's first bank. It was organized in 1816, reorganized in 1832, and dissolved in 1845. The company was incorporated by Seth Doan, Alfred Kelley, David Long, Erastus Miles, John H. Strong, Philo Taylor, George Wallace, and Samuel Williamson. Alfred Kelley was the president of the company, and Leonard Case served as cashier. The collection consists of discount ledgers, daybooks and a letter book. |
MS Number | MS 3373 |
Location: | closed stacks |
Language: | The records are in English |
The Commercial Bank of Lake Erie Records, 1816-1840, consist of discount ledgers, daybooks and a letter book.
This collection will be useful to researchers studying the early history of Cleveland, Ohio, and banking, finance, and business there in the nineteenth century.
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 3373 Commercial Bank of Lake Erie Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Gifts of Truman P. Handy in 1877; and the Case Western Reserve University Archives in 1969.
Commercial Bank of Lake Erie Records 1816-1840 |
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1 | Letter book 1816-1839 | ||||||||||
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2 | Day book 1816-1833 | ||||||||||
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3 | Day book 1816-1833 | ||||||||||
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4 | Ledger 1816-1832 | ||||||||||
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5 | Ledger 1832-1835 | ||||||||||
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6 | Discount ledger 1835-1840 |