First National Bank (Philadelphia)
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Not to be confused with First Bank of the United States, First Pennsylvania Bank, or Philadelphia National Bank.
For other uses, see First National Bank.
First National Bank was a bank in Philadelphia. Chartered in 1863, it was the first national bank created under the banking reforms of the Civil War that began to define the modern U.S. banking system,[1][2] and the first commercial bank to issue a federal banknote. It operated independently until 1955, when it was merged into the Bank of North America and Trust Company, which now is part of Wells Fargo.