Agency history record, 1840.

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Agency history record, 1840.

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Commission on Bank of Maryland.

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In January 1840, the House of Delegates ordered the organization of a seven-member special commission to investigate the affairs of the insolvent Bank of Maryland and other bankrupt institutions. The House directed the commission to ascertain the legal proceedings instituted by bank trustees. While not mentioned in the law, the action was doubtless motivated by Thomas Ellicott's 1839 publication alledging conspiracy and mismanagement by bank trustees. The commission subp...

Ellicott, Thomas, of Baltimore.

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