History of The Philadelphia National Bank; A Century and a Half of Philadelphia Banking, 1803 0 1953

Philadelphia: The Philadelphia National Bank, 1953. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Good. ix, [3], 263, [1] pages. Frontis illustration. Illustrations. Index. Pencil erasure residue on Illustrations page. Some endpaper discoloration. Nicholas B. Wainwright had a long association with The Historical Society of Pennsylvania. He joined the Society in 1939 as a Research Librarian and in 1952 became editor of the Society's journal, Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. From 1965 until 1974, Mr. Wainwright served as the Society's Director. As Director Emeritus, he continued to write on subjects related to the Society and its collection. He wrote the Society's guide to its Thomas Penn papers and edited the diaries of Sidney George Fisher, a source often quoted by Philadelphia historians. Throughout his life, Mr. Wainwright was a prolific writer on a variety of other Philadelphia topics. His published studies ranged from histories of the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Electric Company to studies of colonial homes and furniture and of local opposition during the Civil War. This volume, which marks the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of The Philadelphia National Bank, has been written primarily for the interest of the Bank's stockholders, depositors, and customers. It was hoped that the book would also serve a secondary purpose as a contribution to the field of American history. The focus of the narrative has been directed principally at the development of The Philadelphia National. While the background of the Bank includes the histories of the banking institutions which have merged to create the present organization, it was not deemed practical to detail their separate stories within the scope of this volume.