Courtesy Signature of C.W. Mott, Cashier

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National Bank Notes > Illinois

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Pekin, Farmers NB, 2287
Fr. 632 $10 1902ND
Grade: Ch. AU    

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This bank has 35 large notes reported. This note has black stamped signatures and then later by C.W. Mott, Cashier above the stamped signatures. Pekin was surveyed in 1829 and named by the wife of one of the first landowners, who thought that their new town was exactly across the world from Peking, China. Pekin was divided during the Civil War, having both northern and southern settlers. There was an Underground Railroad stop in the town and was the site of the first organizational meeting of the Union League of America.

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