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���Hon. Frank A. McKean.

��were preparing for the emergency of war between the sections, and conse- quently taking to themselves all possible advantages within their reach.

Failing to attain the object of his ambi- tion, Mr. McKean taught school awhile, and subsequently entered the bank of which his father was cashier, in the ca- pacity of teller, where he remained until, in 1867, he engaged as a partner with his father in the private banking house then established under the firm name of A. McKean & Co. This firm transacted a large and successful business, command- ins: the full confidence of the business men of Nashua, until, in 1875, the mana- gers of the Indian Head National Bank, fully realizing the advantage to be de- rived by the consolidation of its business with their own, entered into negotiation with the Messrs. McKean to that end, and the arrangement was soon duly consum- mated. Under this arrangement Frank A. McKean became Cashier of the Indian

Head National Bank, a position which he now Alls, at a salary of $4000 per an-

��num, one of the conditions of the engage- ment being that his father might attend to his duties in the bank for a limited portion of the time, when he might find it necessary to be absent. With a thor- rough training in and natural aptitude for the business, he ranks among the most efficient and reliable bank officials in the State, and the institution with which he is connected is fortunate in com- manding his services.

For three years previous to July last (when he resigned) Mr. McKean held the position of special agent or adjuster for the N. H. Fire Insurance Co., in per- formance of the duties of which position he was brought much in contact with business men in different sections of the State. He was recently chosen one of the directors of the company. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Nashua & Lowell Railroad, and assistant treasurer of the Nashua & Rochester Railroad.

In politics, in which he has been much interested from youth, Mr. McKean, like

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