Subseries 6: Banking Records, 1804-1975

This subseries consists of checkbooks, cancelled checks, and account books. Early checkbooks, written mostly on the Bank of Baltimore contain stubs showing date, recipient, and amount of check, as well as unused checks. Personal business of Treasurers Joseph Townsend and Francis Dallam is intermingled with BES transactions. Checkbooks appear more regularly beginning in 1939; with stubs for checks drawn on Western National Bank and First National Bank recorded the bulk of outgoing payments to 1973. Cancelled checks were preserved for the period 1826-1897, the bulk being drawn on the Bank of Baltimore from 1826 to1854. Account Books consist of records of deposits in accounts held in Bank of Baltimore and Franklin Bank. Bank of Baltimore account book of 10/30/1841-4/3/1844 also includes notes on contribution of 9/1851 and sundry memos of 1857.