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Bank of the United States, 1791-1811 Act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the U.S.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08025 Author/Creator: Bank of the United States, 1791-1811 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Object Date: 1816 Pagination: 56 p. 17.5 cm x 10.7 cm Order a Copy

"Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America, in congress assembled, That a bank of the United States of America shall be established, with a capital of thirty-five millions of dollars, divided into three hundred and fifty shares, of one hundred dollars each share."

Livingston, Brockholst, fl. 1790-1816
Bank of the United States, 1791-1811

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