Miscellaneous papers, 1808-1871.

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Miscellaneous papers, 1808-1871.

These records include some correspondence of Harrison Blanton, a stockholders list, bank notes, blank and unused notes and forms, blotter paper, and other mixed types of paper.

.4 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6723982

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Bank of Kentucky (Frankfort, Ky.)

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In 1824, the Bank of Kentucky lost its authorization to loan money, discount notes, or bills of exchange. The efforts of its administrators to settle the bank's business prior to closing were not completed until 1870. From the description of Subunit history. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145413563 Harrison Blanton was made cashier and agent of the Bank of Kentucky in the fall of 1835. He held that position until the spring of 1846. During this period he had in his possessio...

Bank of Kentucky

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The Bank of Kentucky was chartered in 1806 by the state legislature as part of a compromise that ended the controversy over private banking. It was modeled on the Bank of the United States and was governed by a president and a twelve-member board of directors. Robert Alexander of Versailles was elected president in 1807 and served for fourteen years during which the bank was sound, profitable, and conservatively administered. The bank's charter was repealed in 1822 by a hard-money legislature af...