Canal Bank and Trust was a commercial bank in New Orleans, Louisiana.

History

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Canal Bank and Trust was formed by the 1919 merger of Commercial Trust and Savings Bank and Canal Bank.[1] It was renamed Canal Bank and Trust Company on January 1, 1926.[2]

Presidents

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  • George Ogden (1831-1841)
  • Glendy Burke (1841-1849) [3]
  • Rathbone (1859?)
  • George B. Jonas (1866?-1877)
  • Joseph Chandler Morris (1877-??) [4]

Mergers and acquisition time-line

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  • New Orleans Canal and Banking Company, March 5, 1831.[2]
  • Canal Bank of New Orleans, November 22, 1895
  • Canal Bank and Trust Company, August 11, 1903
  • Canal-Louisiana Bank and Trust Company, October, 1905
  • Canal Bank and Trust Company, January 1, 1914
  • Canal-Commercial Trust and Savings Bank, 1919
  • Canal Bank and Trust Company, January 1, 1926

Archive

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The Canal Bank and Trust papers are archived at Tulane University.

References

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  1. ^ "John H. Fulton, Financier, Dead. President of the National Park Bank Stricken Suddenly at Country Home. Began Career as a Clerk. Organized Several Banks in the South. A Forceful Figure in Financial Circles". The New York Times. September 26, 1927. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
  2. ^ a b "Canal Bank and Trust Company papers" (Document). Tulane University.
  3. ^ Publications of the Louisiana Historical Society, Volumes 7-10, 1915
  4. ^ National Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1907