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... failure - Action of banks in New York , Boston and Philadelphia -Bond purchases . PAGES 181-199 CHAPTER XIII . PROGRESS ... failed banks - Use of checks and credit instruments - Branch banks recommended - Issue of notes by the Government ...
... failure - Action of banks in New York , Boston and Philadelphia -Bond purchases . PAGES 181-199 CHAPTER XIII . PROGRESS ... failed banks - Use of checks and credit instruments - Branch banks recommended - Issue of notes by the Government ...
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... failed in 1798 . BANK OF AMSTERDAM , 1609 . The Bank of Amsterdam was started in 1609 to obviate difficulties arising from the accumulation of light - weight coin received in the exten- sive foreign trade of Holland . The bank received ...
... failed in 1798 . BANK OF AMSTERDAM , 1609 . The Bank of Amsterdam was started in 1609 to obviate difficulties arising from the accumulation of light - weight coin received in the exten- sive foreign trade of Holland . The bank received ...
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... failed ignominiously before Quebec . Previous to 1711 paper money had been issued by New Hampshire , Rhode Island , Connecticut , New York and New Jersey . South Carolina followed in 1712 , Pennsylvania in 1723 , Maryland in 1734 ...
... failed ignominiously before Quebec . Previous to 1711 paper money had been issued by New Hampshire , Rhode Island , Connecticut , New York and New Jersey . South Carolina followed in 1712 , Pennsylvania in 1723 , Maryland in 1734 ...
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... failure in 1841. From this last - mentioned date until February 25 , 1863 , there were no banks in the United States ... failed to secure the approval of the President . Some of the time the Government managed its finan- ces through the ...
... failure in 1841. From this last - mentioned date until February 25 , 1863 , there were no banks in the United States ... failed to secure the approval of the President . Some of the time the Government managed its finan- ces through the ...
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... failed to obtain specie he expected from Havana , upon which he relied to establish the bank . At length those interested in the Pennsylvania Bank , seeing that the new institution would proba- bly supersede the former , resolved to ...
... failed to obtain specie he expected from Havana , upon which he relied to establish the bank . At length those interested in the Pennsylvania Bank , seeing that the new institution would proba- bly supersede the former , resolved to ...
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Page 52 - The absence of the precious metals will, it is believed, be a temporary evil; but, until they can again be rendered the general medium of exchange, it devolves on the wisdom of congress, to provide a substitute, which shall equally engage the confidence, and accommodate the wants, of the citizens throughout the Union. If the operation of the State banks cannot produce this result, the probable operation of a National Bank will merit consideration...
Page 264 - Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent all the shares in any of the said associations, held by any person or body corporate, from being included in the valuation of the personal property of such person or corporation in the assessment of taxes imposed by or under State authority at the place where such bank is located, and not elsewhere...
Page 496 - An act to impose a tax on all banks, or branches thereof, in the State of Maryland, not chartered by the legislature...
Page 73 - An act to repeal the State tax on real and personal property, and to continue and extend the improvements of the State by railroads and canals, and to charter a State bank, to be called the United States Bank.
Page 732 - Provided, that no such grant or law shall have any force or effect until the same shall have been submitted to a vote of the electors of the State, at some general election, and been approved by a majority of the votes cast on that subject at such election.
Page 153 - And when any of said notes may be redeemed or be received into the Treasury under any law from any source whatever, and shall belong to the United States, they shall not be retired, cancelled, or destroyed, but they shall be reissued and paid out again and kept in circulation: Prowilted.
Page 292 - An Act to define and fix the standard of value, to maintain the parity of all forms of money issued or coined by the United States, to refund the public debt, and for other purposes...
Page 80 - The deposits of the money of the United States in places in which the said bank and branches thereof may be established shall be made in said bank or branches thereof unless the Secretary of the Treasury shall at any time otherwise order and direct, in which case the Secretary of the Treasury shall immediately lay before Congress, if in session, and, if not, immediately after the commencement of the next session, the reasons of such order or direction.
Page 36 - But one may be erected in relation to the collection of taxes, or to the trade with foreign countries, or to the trade between the States, or with the Indian tribes; because it is the province of the Federal Government...
Page 153 - That four months from and after the passage of this act, it shall not be lawful for the owner or...