Lancaster Bank Formed

In December 1832 a petition was made to the State Legislature for the formation of a bank in Littleton. For reasons that are not clear today, the proposal was soon altered for a bank in another town. In any event, the incorporators of the Lancaster Bank had no particular connections to Littleton, and that town was not to have a commercial or discount bank until decades later in 1871, a latecomer in the state banking scenario.

Download complete article in PDF format