Title:
Mystic River Bank board votes to sell to Bank of Commerce here
Author:
Walcott, Paul S.
Subjects:
Bank of Commerce of New London
Mystic River National bank
Mystic River National bank
Object ID:
scr-025-010-011
Object Name:
scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
Evening Day
Publication Place:
New London (Conn.)
Pubication Date:
11/10/1952
Collection:
Indian and Colonial Scrapbook
Summary:
Discusses the history of banks and banking in Mystic, Old Mystic and Groton, with emphasis on the buy-out of Mystic River National Bank by the National Bank of Commerce of New London in 1952. Bank of Commerce was started in 1852 by Captain Acors Barns, organized around the whaling industry, and Charles Mallory, first president of the Mystic River bank did the same. The following men are mentioned: Edwin S. Huntley, Alfred J. Goodman, Joseph G. Tyler, Atty. J. Rodney Smith, George S. Richmond, John Rossie, Horace B. Lamb, Ralph E. Wadleigh, Earle W. Stamm, Atty. Frances F. McGuire, Clark D. Edgar, Chester W. Kitching[s], Ralph A. Powers, O. Pomeroy Robinson, Dr. Daniel Sullivan, Elias Brown, George W. Noyes, and Henry B. Noyes, Jr.
People:
Barns, Acors, 1794-1862
Mallory, Charles Henry, 1796-1882
Mallory, Charles Henry, 1796-1882