Pennsylvania State Archives
RG-18
Records of the LOAN AND TRANSFER AGENT
The Office of Loan and Transfer Agent, created specifically to record and issue state bonds, originated in legislation passed in 1828 authorizing the appointment of the President of the Bank of Pennsylvania, or some other appropriate person, to serve as Commissioner of Loans. In 1830 the duties of the Commissioner were vested in the Bank of Pennsylvania, and in 1835 the Auditor General was required to turn over to the bank all books pertaining to the stock loans of the Commonwealth. It became the responsibility of the bank to keep a record of all transfers and to provide the Auditor General with an annual accounting of bonds and bondholders. In 1858 the records and functions of the Loan and Transfer Agent were transferred to the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank of Philadelphia. The Philadelphia National Bank absorbed this bank in 1919 and was also designated Loan and Transfer Agent of the Commonwealth. In 1953 every banking institution of the state and every national banking association having its main offices in the state, with a certain combined capital and surplus, was appointed as an additional loan and transfer agent.
- Account Book of Certificates issued in the Name of the Commissioners of
Sinking Fund, 1850-1855. (1 folder) {#18.1} [Description]
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- Account Book of Drafts Received from State Treasurer to Pay Interest Due
February 1, 1842, [ca. 1842]. (1 folder) {#18.2} [Description]
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- Account Book of Duplicate Certificates Issued, 1841-1861. (1 folder) {#18.3}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Account Book of Loans, 1852. (1 folder) {#18.4}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Account Book of Loans of the Commonwealth, [ca. 1858]. (1 folder) {#18.5}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Account Book of State Loans, 1842-1914. (1 folder) {#18.6}
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- Account Book of State Loans Held in Europe, United States, and State of
Pennsylvania, 1847. (1 folder) {#18.7} [Description]
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- Account Books of Coupons Payable, 1862. (1 folder) {#18.8} [Description]
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- Account Books of Unclaimed Interest, 1834-1858. (4 folders) {#18.9}[Description]
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- Account Books Received from Auditor General of Loans Redeemed at the State
Treasury, 1859-1865. (1 folder) {#18.10} [Description]
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- Acquittance and Register of Certificates Issued While Books Were Being Printed,
1858. (1 volume) {#18.11} [Description]
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- Acquittance Books for the Funding of Interest Certificates under the Act
of April 16, 1845, 1845-1852. (6 volumes) {#18.12}
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- Balance Sheet, 1843. (1 folder) {#18.13} [Description]
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- Bond Forms, [ca. 1852-1881]. (3 folders){#18.14} [Description]
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- Bonds Issued on February 1, 1882 (as part of the Ten Million Loan of 1881),
1882. (1 volume) {#18.15} [Description]
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- Cancelled Certificates Issued in the Name of the Commisioners of the Commonwealth
Sinking Fund, December 1, 1851. (1 folder) {#18.16} [Description]
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- Certificates Standing to Order and Delivered and Memorandum of Orders Left
by Brokers, 1846-1858. (2 volumes) {#18.17} [Description]
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- Coupon Credit Stub Book, 1876-1880. (1 folder) {#18.18} [Description]
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- Description of Loans Issued in Name of the Commissioners of Sinking Fund,
1826-1847. (1 folder) {#18.19} [Description]
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- Interest Acquittance Books, 1829-1912. (243 volumes) {#18.20} [Description]
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- Legal Opinions, Legislation, and Regulations, [ca. 1835-1872]. (1 folder)
{#18.21} [Description] [Holdings]
- Letter Book, 1845-1860. (1 folder) {#18.22} [Description]
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- Letters Received and Memoranda, 1829-1860. (5 boxes) {#18.23} [Description]
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- Lists of Certificates Issued for Interest Due (On Loans, 1842, 1843 and
1844.) (1 folder) {#18.24} [Description]
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- Lists of Holders of State Loans, 1821-1881. (33 volumes) {#18.25} [Description]
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- Lists of Transfers of State Loans, 1842-1872. (81 volumes) {#18.26} [Description]
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- Lists of Unclaimed Interest, 1835-1858. (1 folder) {#18.27} [Description]
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- Papers Relating to the Amount of Monies Paid by Bank of Pennsylvania as
Agent for the Commonwealth, [ca. 1830-1858]. (1 folder) {#18.29} [Description]
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- Papers Relating to State Stock in the Name of G. Philler, Cashier in Trust,
1849-1856. (1 folder) {#18.30}[Description]
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- Payments of State Interest Due 1842, [ca. 1842]. (1 folder) {#18.31}
[Description] [Holdings]
- * Power of Attorney and Probate Papers Of Those Who Lived Outside Of The
United States, [ca. 1830-1914]. (22 boxes) {#18.32} [Description]
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- Receipt Stub Book for Coupon Bonds Received for Conversion into Registered
Loans, 1871-1878. (1 folder) {#18.33} [Description]
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- Receipt Stub Book for Overdue Loan Transfer Certificates, 1877. (1 folder)
{#18.34}[Description] [Holdings]
- Record of Certificates Issued by the Farmers' and Mechanics' National Bank,
1821-1914. (104 volumes) {#18.35} [Description]
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- Record of Certificates of Pennsylvania Loans Attested and Delivered to Parties
Making Transfers, 1862-1867. (1 folder) {#18.36}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Record of Coupon Bonds Purchased for Commissioners of the Sinking Fund,
1870-1881. (1 folder) {#18.37}[Description]
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- Record of Interest Due Stockholders of State Loans, 1842. (1 folder) {#18.38}
[Description][Holdings]
- Record of Overdue Loans Transferred to the Commonwealth in Payment of New
Loans, 1867. (1 folder) {#18.39} [Description]
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- Records of Transfers to Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, 1867. (1 folder){#18.40}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Redemption Book Acquittance Book (for the Loan of 1824), 1839. (1 folder)
{#18.41} [Description] [Holdings]
- Redemption Books of Loans Issued Under Acts of 1849-1881, [ca. 1877-1913].
(2 volumes) {#18.42}[Description]
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- Redemption Book of Loans Issued from 1828 Through 1831, [ca. 1863]. (1 folder)
{#18.43} [Description] [Holdings]
- Redemption Book of Loans (Issued Since 1867), 1867. (1 folder) {#18.44}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Register of Coupon Bonds for the Loan of 1867. (1 volume, 2 folders) {#18.45}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Register of Certificates Received for Reimbursement, 1868-1872. (1 folder)
{#18.46} [Description][Holdings]
- Register of Powers of Attorney for Five Percent Stock, 1817-1843. (1 folder)
{#18.47} [Description] [Holdings]
- Register of Unclaimed Interest, 1830-1842. (1 folder) {#18.48} [Description]
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- Registers of Certificates, 1826-1882. (16 volumes) {#18.49}[Description]
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- Reimbursement Book, [ca. 1840-1860]. (1 volume) {#18.50} [Description]
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- Remarks on the State Debt, [ca. 1880]. (1 folder) {#18.51}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Rough List of Loans of December 18, 1828 and March 30, 1831, and Special
Lists for Certain Attorneys in Fact, [ca. 1828-1831]. (2 folders){#18.52}
[Description] [Holdings]
- Settlement of Bids of March 20, 1877. (1 folder){#18.53} [Description]
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- Special Lists of Interest Payments and Credits, 1824-1858. (3 boxes) {#18.54}
[Description][Holdings]
- Stock Day Books Relating Primarily To Canal Loans, 1821-1835. (14 volumes)
{#18.55} [Description][Holdings]
- Stock Ledgers, 1821-1919. (55 volumes) {#18.56} [Description]
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- Transfer Blotters, 1838-1867. (67 volumes) {#18.57} [Description]
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- Transfer Blotter of Interest Certificates Sent to Harrisburg for Signature.
(1 folder){#18.58}[Description] [Holdings]
- Transfer Books, [ca. 1867-1881]. (4 volumes) {#18.59} [Description]
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- Transfer Journals, [ca. 1821-1914]. (106 volumes) {#18.60}[Description]
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- Unclaimed Interest on Penitentiary Loan, 1846-1853. (1 folder){#18.61}
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