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National Bank Notes > North Dakota

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Saint Thomas, First NB, 4550
Fr. 1801-1 $10 1929T1
Grade: PMG VG 10 Net    

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This note is one of only four small notes reported from this Pembina County town. The bank issued 409 sheets of small size notes before being placed into receivership on November 6, 1931. A well used note with printed signatures of Langdon, President and Barnes, Cashier. PMG notes: tears. Saint Thomas, located in Pembina County, was named for Saint Thomas, Ontario, Canada. The population was 331 at the 2010 census. The first settlers came to the townsite of St. Thomas in 1879. On July 25, 1881, the Post Office opened with Thomas Lemon as the first Postmaster. The first issue of The St. Thomas Times was published in 1882. The city incorporated in 1885, and a peak population of 850 was reported in 1890. Notable people from Saint Thomas include Edward K. Thompson, editor of LIFE and founding editor of Smithsonian Magazine, and Thomas E. Whelan, United States Ambassador to Nicaragua 1951-1961.

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