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April 24, 2012

This Day in History

On this day in 1854, a group of local entrepreneurs, "their associates and successors" was incorporated by the name of The Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank. The group was authorized to receive on deposit sums as small as 5 cents.

Information provided by the Historical Society of Old Newbury

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