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First Chartered Bank in Indiana

Location: 308 Jefferson Street, Madison. (Jefferson County, Indiana)

Erected by Indiana Sesquicentennial Commission, 1966

ID# : 39.1966.1

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On September 6, 1814, the Indiana Territorial Legislature authorized the organization of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank of Madison. The bank operated on this site for about ten years when its charter was revoked.

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