Thursday, February 2, 2023

Promissory Note of the Farmers & Mechanics National Bank of Georgetown, Washington, District of Columbia

 


Promissory note for $250 by Annie Theo Brown from the Farmers & Mechanics National Bank of Georgetown.  Collateralized with 7 shares of Washington Gas Light Co. stock.  Six cents tax paid on 2 cents per $100 or fraction thereof on promissory notes.



Farm. & Mec Nat. Bk.
AUG 18 1898
Georgetown, Wash. D.C.



Corner of Wisconsin and M Street NW in Georgetown, D.C., ground zero of Georgetown's shopping and commercial area.  The building is the former home of the Farmers & Mechanics and Riggs Banks, and is now a branch of PNC.  Farmers & Mechanics remains inscribed below the building's cornice.

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