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Approximate size in inches - 8.5 x typed letterhead document from The Black River National Bank of Lowville, New York, numbered 2426. Dated September 17, 1917, the correspondence is addressed to Johnston & Son in Port Leyden, New York, regarding a financial accommodation for a twenty-five hundred dollar loan note. The document features an elegant, bright red printed header listing Frederick S. Easton as President and George Sherwood as Cashier, and it concludes with a bold, beautiful ink signature from Frederick S. Easton at the bottom right.The Black River National Bank was a foundational financial institution in Lewis County, New York, serving the logging, paper manufacturing, and agricultural communities of the Black River Valley. Frederick S. Easton was a prominent local financier, business leader, and member of a highly influential regional family who directed the bank's growth through the industrial boom of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This 1917 artifact offers a pristine look into small-town corporate banking operations and regional credit networks during the American home-front mobilization for World War I.
