Second National Bank of Boston stock certificate 1907 (Massachusetts)

Boston banking piece!  Multiple nice vignettes - US Capitol Building at the top, Greek female figure with the Boston seal interpretation at the left, and an Native American Indian female leaning on an artists rendition of the Massachusetts state seal at the right.  Issued and cancelled with perforation holes and pen marks. Dated 1907. Approximately 10 x 6.5 inches.

Chartered March 16, 1864 (charter 322). The Second National Bank succeeded the Granite Bank in 1864. The Massachusetts Legislature on March 6, 1832, chartered the Granite bank which commenced business the following year near the head of Commercial Wharf. The original board of directors consisted of John Binney, John Brown, Jos. V. Bacon, Jas. McGregor, Chas. Henshaw, Sherman G. Hill, John Kettell, Samuel S. Lewis, B. Lincoln, Jr., F.G. Shaw, Samuel May and A.C. Lombard. The first president was Mr. Binney and his successors were Messrs. George Denny, Jos. V. Bacon, Henry M. Holbrook, Alpheus Hardy, and Jas. H. Beal.

Succeeded Granite Bank. Absorbed 6104 October 30, 1903 (National Suffolk Bank, Boston, MA). Merged with State Street Trust in February 1955 with title change to Second Bank-State Street Trust Company

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).

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