A History of the Bank of New York, 1784-1884 |
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... Extended to the Government by the Bank of New York - Death of Anthony P. Halsey in 1863 and Election of Charles P. Leverich as President- Organization of the Gold Department of the Bank in 1864 - Reorganization of the Bank under the ...
... Extended to the Government by the Bank of New York - Death of Anthony P. Halsey in 1863 and Election of Charles P. Leverich as President- Organization of the Gold Department of the Bank in 1864 - Reorganization of the Bank under the ...
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... extend facilities to individ- uals , and thereby benefit the community as well as the state . Through the influence and exertions of Robert Morris , then Superintendent of Finance for the United States , the Bank of North America , at ...
... extend facilities to individ- uals , and thereby benefit the community as well as the state . Through the influence and exertions of Robert Morris , then Superintendent of Finance for the United States , the Bank of North America , at ...
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... extend beyond Murray Street . According to Mr. John Austin Stevens , the greater part of the of the popu- lation dwelt within a line drawn from the North River at the foot of Reade Street , across the island in an easterly direction to ...
... extend beyond Murray Street . According to Mr. John Austin Stevens , the greater part of the of the popu- lation dwelt within a line drawn from the North River at the foot of Reade Street , across the island in an easterly direction to ...
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... extended from the Exchange , at the water side , to the City Hall , on the corner of Wall Street , was the main avenue . Wall Street was one of the widest streets ; the build- ings in it were large and elegant . The upper part was ...
... extended from the Exchange , at the water side , to the City Hall , on the corner of Wall Street , was the main avenue . Wall Street was one of the widest streets ; the build- ings in it were large and elegant . The upper part was ...
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... extended from the Bowling Green as far as St. Paul's Church . From the rear of the houses on Broadway gardens were laid out on the slope which ended on a sandy beach , and the street commanded a delightful prospect of the town and the ...
... extended from the Bowling Green as far as St. Paul's Church . From the rear of the houses on Broadway gardens were laid out on the slope which ended on a sandy beach , and the street commanded a delightful prospect of the town and the ...
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Aaron Burr act of incorporation afterward ALEXANDER HAMILTON Alexander McDougal Amos Kendall amount Anthony appointed April ARTICLE authority aforesaid Bank of North Branch Bank building cashier Charles Wilkes charter circulation COMFORT SANDS committee Cornelius Heyer corporation DANIEL debt deposit discount dividends February five per cent FRANKLIN EDSON Fund further enacted Government Gulian Verplanck Halsey held Herman Le Roy hundred increased institution interest ISAAC ROOSEVELT issued JAMES January Jeremiah Wadsworth John Oothout JOSHUA WADDINGTON July June land bank Legislature letter Leverich loan March Matthew Clarkson meeting ment merchants Messrs Moidore Morris Canal Nicholas Gouverneur NICHOLAS Low November number of shares paid passed PETER petition Philadelphia PORTRAIT post-notes present President purchase purpose received resignation resume specie RICHARD VARICK ROBERT BOWNE SAMUEL FRANKLIN second Tuesday Secretary Senate six per cent stockholders subscribers subscription tion Treasury notes vault Walton House WILLIAM MAXWELL William Seton York
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Page 124 - Half-yearly dividends shall be made of so much of the profits of the bank as shall appear to the directors advisable; and once in every three years the directors shall lay before the stockholders, at a general meeting, for their information, an exact and particular statement of the debts which shall have remained unpaid after the expiration of the original credit, for a period of treble the term of that credit; and of the surplus of profit, if any, after deducting losses and dividends.
Page 126 - In case of excess, the directors under whose administration it shall happen, shall be liable for the same in their natural and private capacities ; and an action of debt may in such case be brought against them, or any...
Page 123 - State, such vacancy or vacancies shall be filled for the remainder of the year in which they may happen by...
Page 126 - ... requisite for its immediate accommodation in relation to the convenient transaction of its business, and such as shall have been bona fide mortgaged to it by way of security, or conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously contracted in the course of its dealings, or purchased upon judgments which shall have been obtained for such debts.
Page 125 - That the directors for the time being, or a major part of them, shall have power to make and prescribe such by-laws, rules, and regulations as to them shall appear needful and proper, touching the management and disposition of the stock, property, estate, and effects of the said corporation...
Page 127 - ... made, in a book or books to be kept for that purpose...
Page 126 - The said corporation shall not, directly or indirectly, deal or trade in any thing except bills of exchange, gold or silver bullion, or in the sale of goods really and truly pledged for money lent and not redeemed in due time, or goods which shall be the proceeds of its lands.
Page 121 - York, shall be in law capable of purchasing, holding and conveying any estate real or personal, for the use of the said corporation...
Page 14 - A majority of the directors shall have power to call a general meeting of the stockholders, for purposes relative to the concerns of the company ; giving at least thirty days...
Page 123 - That, in case it should at any time happen, that an election of directors should not be made upon any day when pursuant to this act it ought to have been made, the said corporation shall not, for that cause, be deemed to be dissolved ; but it shall be lawful, on any other day, to hold and make an election of directors in such manner as shall...