Langdon Cheves papers, 1777-1934 (inclusive), [microform].

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Langdon Cheves papers, 1777-1934 (inclusive), [microform].

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The papers consist of personal and business correspondence, financial and legal papers, and plantation records relating to several generations of the Cheves family of South Carolina. Prominent among the family members is Langdon Cheves, congressman, lawyer, and president of the Bank of the United States from 1819-1822. Subjects discussed in the papers include legal services, the management of plantations, the Bank of the United States, and the Civil War.

202 microfiches.

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Cheeves family.

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Cheves, Langdon, 1776-1857

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Langdon Cheves (September 17, 1776 – June 26, 1857) was an American politician, lawyer and businessman from South Carolina. He was a U. S. Representative from 1810 to 1815, served as Speaker of the House in 1814–1815, and was president of the Second Bank of the United States from 1819 to 1822. Langdon Cheves was born at Bull Town Fort, on the Rocky River in South Carolina. His father, Alexander, was a native of Scotland; his mother, Mary Langdon, was from Virginia. At the age of ten he went t...

Bank of the United States (1816-1836)

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In 1816, the Bank of the United States was rechartered, the first charter having expired in 1811, in an attempt to stabilize the national currency. Within the first three years, the bank was nearly ruined due to mismanagement. Langdon Cheves was elected president of its board of directors in 1819 and restored the bank's credit. In 1822, he resigned the post and was succeeded by Nicholas Biddle. The national charter for the bank expired in 1836, but Biddle kept the bank in operation until 1841, u...