Banks in the city of Newport, RI 1856

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THE NEWPORT DIRECTORY, CONTAINING THE NAMES OF THE CITIZENS, A BUSINESS
DIRECTORY, CITY RECORD, GOVERNMENT OF STATE, &C; 1856-'57

WILLIAM H. BOYD, COMPILER AND PUBLISHER, 229 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
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BANKS IN THE CITY OF NEWPORT.
Are open daily, from Nine A.M. to Two P.M.

AQUIDNECK BANK--E×þress Building, Thames St., Newþort--Incorþorated
1854. Caþital, $100,000. Rufus B. Kinsley, President; Timothy
Coggeshall, Cashier. Rufus B. Kingley, Joseph H. Record, John Wilbour,
Samuel C. Bailey, Samuel S. Peckham, William P. Sheffield, Abraham T.
Peckham, George B. Knowles, Thomas Coggeshall, Directors. John W. Vose,
Benjamin H. Lawton, Clerks. Semi-annual meetings, January and July.
Dividends þayable January and July. Discount, Mondays.


BANK OF RHODE ISLAND--219 Thames Street, Newþort--Par value of shares,
$100. Incorþorated 1795. Caþital, $100,000. Peleg Clarke, President;
W. A. Clarke, Cashier. Nathan B. Hammet, Wm. C. Gibbs, Theophilus C. Dunn,
Peleg Clarke, Wm. A. Clarke, Wm. Gardner, Augustus N. Littlefield,
Directors. George P. Hammett, Clerk. Annual meeting, first Monday in
January. Dividends payable first of January and July. Discount,
Thursday.

MERCHANTS’ BANK--153 Thames Street, Newport--Par value of shares, $100.
Incorporated 1817. Capital, $100,000. Silas H. Cottrell, President;
Charles D. Hammett, Cashier, Richard Swan, John V. Hammett, Silas H.
Cottrell, Seth Bateman, David J. Gould, George A. Richmond, Wm. B.
Sherman, Directors. Thomas A. Spencer, Clerk. Annual meeting, first
Wednesday in October. Dividends payable first Wednesday in April and
October. Discount, Mondays.

NEW ENGLAND COMMERCIAL BANK--193 Thames St., Newport--Par value of
shares, $50. Incorporated 1818. Capital, $75,000. George Bowen,
President; George T. Weaver, Cashier. George Bowen, Josiah S. Munro,
Henry Tisdale, Wm. H. Ailman, Thos. S. Stanhope, Samuel Allen,
Directors. Charles P. Gilpin, clerk. Annual meeting, first Tuesday in
January. Dividends payable first of January and July. Discount, Tuesday.

NEWPORT BANK--3 Washington Square--Incorporated 1803. Capital, $120,000.
William Vernon, President; H. C. Stevens, Cashier. William Vernon,
William Stevens, Edward F. Newton, Edward T. Allen, Russell Coggeshall,
William Brownell, John Rogers, Samuel B. Vernon, William Newton,
Directors. Annual meeting, first Wednesday in January. Dividends payable
January and July. Discount, Tuesday.

RHODE ISLAND UNION BANK--178 Thames Street, Newport--Par value of share,
$95. Incorporated 1804. Capital, $165,000. Charles Devens, President;
Robert P. Lee, Cashier. Robert P. Lee, Charles Devens, Wm. Sherman, Wm.
Littlefield, Wm. C. Cozzens, Edwards King, Directors. James G. Cozzens,
Clerk. Annual meeting, first Tuesday in January. Dividends payable first
of January and July. Discount, Wednesday.

THE TRADERS’ BANK--161 Thames Street. Newport--Incorporated 1836.
Capital, $88,080. Edwin Wilbur, President; Benjamin Mumford, Cashier.
Edwin Wilbur, Benj. Marsh, Henry Y. Cranston, Jos. T. Perry, Oliver
Read, Wm. W. Hazard, T. Mumford Seabury, John Allan, and John H. Cozze
ns, Directors. William Crooke, Clerk. Annual meeting, first Monday in
July. Dividends payable January and July. Discount, Thursdays.

NEWPORT SAVINGS BANK--153 Thames Street, Newport--Business transacted
at the Merchants’ Bank. Incorporated 1819. Amount of deposits, about
$550,000. Benjamin Finch, President; Samuel S. Gyles, Treasurer; B. B.
Howland, Secretary. Number of depositors, 2,200.

CODDINGTON FIVE CENT SAVINGS BANK--Oliver Read, President; Edward W.
Lawton, Vice-President. George W. Taylor, William J. Swinburne, Henry Y.
Cranston, Alfred Smith, Job A. Peckham, Charles E. Hammett, jr., Thomas
Coggeshall, John C. Ailman, George Cozzens, Directors. Benjamin Marsh
2d, Secretary; Joseph H. Havens, Treasurer.