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Records, 1780-1923.

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Minute books and letter books, 1780-1923. The minute books, which are complete from the very beginning of the bank until its merger with the Commercial Trust Company, contain brief records of the meetings of the Board of Directors and occasionally of the meetings of stockholders. The most interesting of the documents is a long report from the Joint Committee of the Philadelphia banks, April 13, 1816, recommending that specie payments be resumed as soon as the Bank of the United States commenced giving discounts, that each bank pay out its own notes only (except those for less than $10), and that the banks refrain from an immediate reduction of discounts. The documents are usually formal bank communications, memoranda, announcements, copies of letters, financial statements, and the like. There are photographs and engravings of bank people. There are also a few caricatures and silhouettes. In addition there are numerous prints and engravings of Robert Morris and the first seven presidents of the bank: Thomas Willing, John Nixon, John Morton, Henry Nixon, John Richardson, James Dixon, and Thomas Smith. The miscellaneous items include: deeds of sundry lands contracted for in 1793 and 1794 by Robert Morris, John Nicholson, and James Greenleaf, totaling over 3,500,000 acres in Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, and Kentucky, at an average price of over a shilling an acre; letter book of John Nixon, Philadelphia merchant; check books and bank books; scrapbook, 1904-1920, of antiquarian interest; unclassified books and pamphlets on finance; and an extra-illustrated, three-volume folio edition of Lawrence Lewis' History of the Bank of North America.

150 linear ft.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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Willing, Thomas, 1731-1821

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Thomas Willing (December 19, 1731 – January 19, 1821) was an American merchant, politician and slave trader who served as mayor of Philadelphia and was a delegate from Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress. He also served as the first president of the Bank of North America and the First Bank of the United States. During his tenure there he became the richest man in America. Born in Philadelphia, Willing completed preparatory studies in Bath, England, then studied law in London at the Inner...

Morris, Robert, 1734-1806

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Robert Morris, Jr. (January 20, 1734 – May 8, 1806) was an English-born merchant and a Founding Father of the United States. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, the Second Continental Congress, and the United States Senate, and he was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution. From 1781 to 1784, he served as the Superintendent of Finance of the United States, becoming known as the "Financier of the Revolution...

Smith, Thomas, -1850

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Nixon, Henry

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Lewis, Lawrence, 1857-1890

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Nixon, John, 1733-1808

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Pennsylvania military officer and financier during the Revolution; director and president of the Bank of North America. From the description of ALS : Philadelphia, to John Nicholson, [1791 Oct. 29]. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122380621 John Nixon was a Philadelphia patriot, merchant and financier. From the description of Letterbook, 1809-1813 (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 151380083 Philadelphia army ...

Greenleaf, James

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Richardson, J. A. (John A.), 1956-

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John Richardson is a retired Southern Illinois University professor of plant biology and former director of Scientific and Research Photography. From the description of John Richardson photograph collection. (Southern Illinois University). WorldCat record id: 319855122 ...

Bank of North America

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The Bank of North America was the first chartered bank in the United States, chartered by the Second Continental Congress in 1781. It was established primarily to aid Congress in providing supplies and money for the prosecution of the Revolutionary War. In 1916 the bank bought the assets of the National Bank of the Northern Liberties; in 1923 it merged with the Commercial Trust Company to form the Bank of North America and Trust Company; six years later the merged institution was itself absorbed...

Nicholson, John, 1757-1800

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Land speculator. From the description of John Nicholson papers, 1795 16 Feb.-10 Mar. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70953089 Financier and land speculator. From the description of John Nicholson family papers, 1786-1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981679 Pennsylvania state official and land promoter. From the description of ALS : to Thomas Mifflin, 1791 Nov. 8. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat reco...

Morton, John L.

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Epithet: of Darlington British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000352.0x00032b Epithet: of Woodchester, Agent to Lord Willoughby de Broke British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000841.0x0000c5 Epithet: Archbishop of Canterbury 1486, Cardinal 1493 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/810...

Dixon, James 1949-1974

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