c. 1870s Oneonta New York Savings Bank Advertising Folder Otsego County

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c. 1870s Oneonta New York Savings Bank Advertising Folder Otsego County. Multi-panel printed advertising folder for the Oneonta Savings Bank, Oneonta, New York, chartered by special act of the legislature in April 1873 and organized in January 1874. Multi-panel printed advertising folder for the Oneonta Savings Bank, Oneonta, New York, chartered by special act of the legislature in April 1873 and organized in January 1874. The bank's banking house is given as the Brick Post-Office Building, two doors east of the Susquehanna House, on Main Street, Oneonta, with banking hours and an interest rate of six per cent compounded semi-annually. Interior panels set out the bank's deposit rules, charter provisions, and promotional text on the value of savings banks, noting that as of July 1, 1873 the savings banks of New York State held deposits of $314,775,770. The folder lists the bank's trustees: John E. Dutton, Harvey Baker, Albert Morris, James Cope, Egbert M. Carver, Wm. McCrum, Potter C. Burton, De Witt Ford, Sylvester Ford, Timothy Sabin, Henry M. Tobey, John Ruland, Henry S. Morse, and James H. Keyes; and its officers: Harvey Baker, President; Henry S. Morse, 1st Vice President; E. M. Carver, 2d Vice President; John Cope, Treasurer; and Sylvester Ford, Secretary. Dividends declared the first days of May and November each year.