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Beautifully engraved certificate from the First National Bank of New Milford, Connecticut issued in 1887. This historic document was printed by Hosford & Ketcham and has an ornate border around it with a vignette of cows grazing in a stream, underneath an oncoming railroad train. This item is hand signed by the Company's President ( ANDREW B. MYGATT ) and Cashier and is over 116 years old.
Certificate Vignette In 1865, the Litchfield County Bank changed its name to The First National Bank of New Milford. ANDREW B. MYGATT, New Milford: Banker. A.B. Mygatt, son of the late Eli Mygatt, was born in New Milford, October 31, 1820, and has always resided there. He has one son, Henry S. Mygatt, cashier of the First National Bank of New Milford, and two daughters, who reside in Bridgeport. He received an academical education and prepared for college, but was unable to enter on account of trouble with his eyes. He engaged in mercantile business in 1840, at the age of twenty, and pursued it with success until 1855, when he retired owing to ill health. In 1878 he was chosen president of the First National Bank of New Milford, which position he still holds. He has always been a public-spirited and progressive citizen, and identified with most of the improvements and enterprises that have been undertaken for the benefit of the town. He laid out several new streets and built numerous houses, and is still a large owner of real estate in New Milford. In politics Mr. Mygatt was originally a whig, casting his first presidential vote for Henry Clay in 1844. Since the formation of the republican party, he has always been one of its ardent supporters. He has been much in public life. He was a member of the state senate in 1860 and 1861, the latter year being president pro tem, of that body. In 1865 he represented New Milford in the house of representatives. From 1861 to 1864 he was state bank commissioner, and in 1865 he was appointed national bank examiner for Connecticut and Rhode Island, and served in that office with distinguished ability for twenty-two years, resigning in 1887, in the second year of President Cleveland’s administration, and retiring with the cordial commendations of his superior officers, though of a different political party. Mr. Mygatt was married June 7, 1843, to Miss Caroline Canfield, daughter of Colonel Samuel Canfield. Illustrated Popular Biography of Connecticut Compiled and Published by J.A. Spalding Hartford, Conn. Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company; 1891
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