Springfield, the seat of Washington County, holds the distinction of being located in Kentucky\'s first county created after statehood in 1792. By 1874, the town had grown into a prosperous agricultural and commercial center along the old Wilderness Trace. The First National Bank of Springfield, capitalized at $150,000, operated under the presidency of E.L. Davison with Charles R. McElroy serving as Cashier and his relative A.C. McElroy as Assistant Cashier. This substantial capitalization positioned the bank as a significant financial institution for a county seat town, serving the farming communities and merchants who traded in tobacco, livestock, and grain throughout the Bluegrass region.
This pre-printed receipt form documents routine inter-bank correspondence with Kentucky National Bank in Louisville, acknowledging receipt of stated enclosures.
This card captures the financial infrastructure that connected rural county seat banks with Louisville\'s major commercial banking district during the National Banking era.
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