John Haines
bank depositor
Biography
John Haines, son of Napoleon J. Haines, took out the first passbook issued by the Union Dime Savings Bank on May 18, 1859. The bank later honored this in 1874 by presenting his father with book No. 100,001 in an elaborately bound edition. No further biographical detail is given.
Highlights
- Son of Napoleon J. Haines; took out the first bank book issued by the Union Dime Savings Bank on May 18, 1859
Source
Daniel Spillane, History of the American Pianoforte (1890), p. 208.
Public domain.