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Society for Savings (Bank : Hartford, Conn.)

 Organization

Biography

The Society for Savings was Connecticut's first mutual savings bank. It was organized in 1819.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Society for Savings account book

Collection Identifier: Mss:781 1821-1827 S678
Scope and Contents:

Account book kept by the Society for Savings, the first mutual savings bank located in Hartford, Connecticut, includes registers of notes discounted, registers of notes and bills, registers of unpaid notes, and registers of fire insurance policies for members of the mutual savings bank. The entries record the security, payer, date of note, time length and due date of note, and amount of note.