Sprague, Washington nationals?

gsalex

Can someone check the census and tell me whether there are any reported large size nationals from Sprague, Washington?

MAM0912

My Version 4.0 from Kelly from a few years back has "NONE", no notes reported, for Ch #3528, FNB of Sprague.

2ndCharter

T & P lists none for the charter's first title (First NB) however they list 35 for the second title (Fidelity NB).

gdavis70

There is one, and while it's a little tired... it's pretty sweet. :-)

STLNATS

Originally posted by: gdavis70



There is one, and while it's a little tired... it's pretty sweet. :-)

And a territorial no less!



edited to add: title changed in 1896 to Fidelity NB of Spokane. 17 of those in the old Kelly.

Tookybandit

Nice, share a pic. Would love to see a Territorial!!

gsalex

So would I! I know this will show up as a proof in the Smithsonian collection, but the Washington boxes are still a few months away before we get to transcribe them.

I was in Sprague last month and there's a little historical museum that has the original safe from this bank. They also talk about the fact that the bank issued national notes, but did not have any pictures of what they looked like. I was hoping to supply an image they could print and display.

STLNATS

Why wait? Bottom of proof sheets:



Territorial





State Issue





BTW: Notice the change of dates and the treasury officials on the plates. Before you ask, WA was granted statehood on Nov 11, 1889. I probably should check, but I think remembering that they would continue to use unissued stocks of territorials after statehood. Only when stocks ran low/out and a new printing of notes was required would the plate be changed (or a new plate prepared) to reflect the date of statehood and the new status of the state.

gsalex

Those are terrific! How did you come by the images?

STLNATS

Originally posted by: gsalex

Those are terrific! How did you come by the images?

Pulled them from the first WA box online. All, or at least most, of the proofs have been online since the beginning of last year for viewing, etc. I recall that there were a couple of discussions of these on the boards that you should be able to find with a quick search on "Smithsonian."