Emigrant Savings Bank records, 1841-1945, bulk (1841-1923).

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Emigrant Savings Bank records, 1841-1945, bulk (1841-1923).

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Collection consists of selected records of the Emigrant Savings Bank, particularly records pertaining to the Irish Emigrant Society and data about the bank's depositors and borrowers.

Originals 15 linear feet (59 v.)Copies 59 microfilm reels.

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 6744867

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Irish Emigrant Society.

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Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank

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The Emigrant Savings Bank was established in New York City in 1850 by the Irish Emigrant Society which was founded in 1841 for the protection of immigrants from Ireland. The bank offered a safe place to keep the immigrants' money and a way to send money home to destitute relatives. The society's officers also served as officers of the bank, and the society sent remittances overseas through the agency of the bank. The official business of the society, still extant although inactive, is conducted ...