James Anderson letter book, 1820-1823.
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Bank of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
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The Bank was chartered by the General Assembly in 1820 to offset the financial instability which followed the War of 1812. This instability was characterized by massive land speculation and unsecured borrowing, the multiplication of unsound banks, and the creation of more than a hundred different currencies. The speculative bubble burst in the 1819 panic with many Kentuckians facing bankruptcy and demanding help from the state government. The legislature char...
Anderson, James, active 1793-1823
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After the financial panic of 1819, the Kentucky legislature repealed the independent bank law in February of 1820, leaving thirteen branches of the Bank of Kentucky and two branches of the Second Bank of the United States. To relieve shortage of money, the legislature chartered the Bank of the Commonwealth in late 1820. John Jordan Crittenden, governor of Kentucky from 1848-1850, was born in Woodford County, Kentucky, in 1786. He graduated from William and Mary College i...
Crittenden, John J. (John Jordan), 1787-1863
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Kentucky lawyer and statesman, from Frankfort (Franklin Co.). From the description of Papers, 1786-1932. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19490792 From the description of Letters, 1835-1860. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32410179 John Jordan Crittenden (1787-1863) was born September 10, 1787. He attended the College of William and Mary, graduating in 1807. In 1809 he became the Attorney-General for the Illinois Territory. During the Wa...
