Records, 1807-1960.

The office of Alien Property Custodian was created by the Trading with the Enemy Act of October 6, 1917. According to the act the right to seize enemy property was vested in the president, which was then delegated to the Alien Property Custodian. During the Second World War the Alien Property Custodian was reinstituted. Patents held by German and Japanese nations were defined as alien property and seized. From the description of Records, 1943-1946. (Hagley Museum & Library). Worl...

Philadelphia National Bank

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The Philadelphia National Bank (PNB) was the direct successor of The Philadelphia Bank, organized on August 3, 1803 and chartered on March 5, 1804. Its early board of directors included many of the city's successful merchants and businessmen who were not part of the traditional elite and identified themselves as Jeffersonian Democratic-Republicans rather than Federalists. Its original building at 4th and Chestnut Streets was designed by Benjamin H. Latrobe. The Philadelphia Bank grew steadily du...

Records, 1807-1960.

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