Virginia banks collection, 1841-1879.

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Virginia banks collection, 1841-1879.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/228737845

Business correspondence and documents from the files of various Virginia regional banks. The largest group consists of correspondence and documents related to the Clarksville branch of the Exchange Bank of Virginia (1841-64). Also included are groups of miscellaneous correspondence of Savings Institution of Richmond (1828-1841), Pittsylvania Savings Bank (1861-1864), William M. Sutton & Co. (1863- 1869), First National Bank (1865-1875), Merchants' National Bank (1870-1872), Lancaster & Co. (1874), Davenport & Co. (1876-1879), and others.

380 pieces.4 boxes.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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SNAC Resource ID: 7088403

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Bank of the United States (1791-1811)

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Exchange Bank of Virginia. Clarksville branch

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Savings Institution of Richmond.

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Read, William Merritt

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William Sutton & Co. (Richmond, Va.)

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New York State Bank (Albany, N.Y.)

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First National Bank (Richmond, Va.)

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Savings Institution of Richmond (Richmond, Va.)

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Merchants' National Bank (Richmond, Va.)

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Brock, R. A. (Robert Alonzo), 1839-1914

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Wirt County was named for William Wirt, who gained fame in Virgtinia as a lawyer and perhaps is best known for his role in the prosecution of Aaron burr for treason. It was created in 1848 from sections of Wood and Jackson Counties. Wirt County was one of the fifty western Virginia counties to form the state of West Virginia in 1863. From the guide to the Wirt County (W. Va.) plat and land survey, 1860, (The Library of Virginia) Northumberland County was formed in 1645 from ...

Sutton, William M.

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Lancaster & Co. (Richmond, Va.)

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Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Artillery Regiment. 1st.

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Davenport & Co. (Richmond, Va.)

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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...

Pittsylvania Savings Bank

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