United States 1929 Type 1 - 10 Dollars National Bank Note - The First National Bank of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Charter 1 (Fr. 1801-1)
Charter 1 anchored Philadelphia finance from the Civil War through the Great Depression. Early leadership included Morton McMichael Jr. as cashier with presidents Clarence H. Clark and George Philler, later followed by Kenton Warne, Thomas W. Andrew, Carl H. Chaffee, and Livingston E. Jones in the 1902 series to 1930s period. As the city industrialized and its capital markets expanded, the bank absorbed neighboring nationals and carried Charter 1 forward through multiple consolidations, keeping the lowest-numbered charter alive into the modern era. Read more →