Four banks in Janesville had a combined capital of $175,000, $522,000 in deposits and $373,000 in loans.

The evidence

• “The business conditions are clearly reflected in the bank statements of that period. In July, 1856, four banks in Janesville had a combined capital of $175,000, $522,000 in deposits and loans amounting to $373,000. July 6, 1857, three banks reported in the aggregate $200,000 capital, $422,000 "due to depositors on demand and others," and $425,000 of loans.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/22-janesville-banking.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 521 / book p. 483

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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