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Record Group Number: 900000
Series/Collection Number: M87- 18
Creator: Lewis State Bank (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Title, Dates: Lewis State Bank records, 1856-1972.
Amount: 60.00 cubic ft.
Medium Included: photographs
Organization/Arrangement: Arranged by record type, then chronological.
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Biographical/Historical:     In 1856, Benjamin Cheever Lewis entered business as a banker in the Tallahassee vicinity. His three sons, George, Edward, and William, followed him in the banking business. Though the name of the firm changed multiple times, the Lewis family continuously owned the bank until it became a part of First Florida Bank in 1974. The bank operated as B.C. Lewis, Private Banker (1856-1870); B.C. Lewis & Son (1870-1873); B.C. Lewis & Sons (1873-1889); First National Bank and State Savings Bank (1889-1916); Lewis State Bank and State Savings Bank (1916-1920); and Lewis State Bank (1920-1974).

    Through more than a century of operation, the bank has played a significant role in Tallahassee's economic life, serving both the agricultural and state government interests in Leon County. It also is the oldest continually operating financial institution in Florida.
Summary:     This collection contains the records of the Lewis State Bank of Tallahassee, Florida. Included are correspondence, personnel files, financial materials such as real estate loan records, stock transactions, and ledgers; legal documents such as estates of the deceased and land warrants; letterbooks, blueprints, and first of exchange drafts. The collection also contains minutes of board of directors and stockholders meetings from Lewis State Bank and predecessor banks the First National Bank of Tallahassee and the State Savings Bank of Tallahassee, as well as some photographs.
Finding Aids: Folder listing available. 0
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Associated Materials: For more materials related to the Lewis family and the Lewis State Bank, see the Lewis Bank Papers (MSS 0-178) at the Florida State University Special Collections and Archives.
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Subject Access Fields: Lewis, B.C. 1816-1880 (Benjamin Cheever),
Bank management Florida.
Banks and banking--History Florida
Financial institutions Real estate investments.
Letter books. aat
Business records. aat
Minutes. aat
Leon County (Fla.)
Tallahassee (Fla.)
Added Entries B.C. Lewis and Sons.