Riggs, Elisha Francis

Scope and Contents note Records the first 500 shares of Riggs Bank stock sold publicly. For every stock sold, there is a receipt. For most of these stocks a canceled certificate is attached. Each certificate is printed with an emblem of the old headquarters and Riggs Bank centered at header. The certificate is numbered, shows the shareholder, the amount of stock purchased and includes the signatures of Riggs president Charles Glover and Riggs cashier Arthur Brice. On the reverse side, the stock holder indicates to...

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Opens with entries on certified checks. Stored with corresponding index.

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Stored with corresponding index.

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Also includes sundry accounts. Stored with corresponding index.

Scope and Contents note From the Series: Consists of a full run of Riggs & Co. individual deposit ledgers. Many of the ledgers have corresponding indexes. Please note that deposit ledgers without indexes will require significant research time to review for specific patron names because Riggs & Co. did not record patron records alphabetically within each letter. For instance, Brenner is followed by Blake then Boyle, then Barnes, then Berry, then Brown, etc. See flat boxes 58 and 99 for African American depositors identified...

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Loose item in folder inside box.

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See pages 156-162 for G. Riggs, 290-291 for E. Riggs, 477 for Sioussa.

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Sources of deposits recorded in most cases.

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Stored with corresponding index.

Abstract This collection contains family photographs (including daguerreotypes and tintypes), travel photographs, books, artwork, personal accessories, draft manuscripts, newspaper clippings, and correspondence. The materials date from 1672-2006, with the bulk of the collection ranging from 1870-1939. The records are related to the Riggs family, including Thomas Riggs, territorial governor of Alaska (1918-1921), and family members involved with the Riggs National Bank of Washington, D.C. Family...

Abstract This collection contains materials relating to the Riggs family, who founded or were connected to numerous Washington, DC banking institutions beginning in the mid-1800s. The materials in this collection include business ledgers, correspondence, and personal belongings related to various members of the Riggs family. These materials date from the early 1800s to 1950. Specific members of the Riggs family represented in this collection include: Elisha Riggs (New York merchant & Georgetown...

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Listing of purchases acquired and sold by stockholders. Includes information on means of acquisition (e.g., seller, increased capitalization, from Central National Bank merger). In the inside cover there are papers relating to stockholders at the time of merger with Central. Loose items in folder inside box.

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Transcript of stocks issued by National Bank of Washington. Includes a form that transcribes the text of each stock certificate. For each individual record, there is the name of the stock holder, certificate number, number of shares and names of agents (including trustees and attorneys). See February 23, 1928 for Jane Riggs and January 7, 1930 for E. Francis Riggs.

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Ledgers recording stock purchases and activity for each stockholder. Every stockholder receives a section and thereunder transfers and sales are noted. Fields include date, certificate numbers, to whom transferred, date of purchase, method, and number of certificates. The second half of the book consists of the bank's copy of the stock receipts. Similar in format to the reverse of stock certificates.