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245 1 0 _aBank of the Manhattan Company, Chartered 1799: A Progressive Commercial Bank
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2005
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2005-12-22
508 _aProduced by Curtis Weyant, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Cornell University Digital Collections) Character set for HTML: ISO-8859-1
520 _a"Bank of the Manhattan Company, Chartered 1799: A Progressive Commercial Bank" is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This book outlines the origin, history, and progress of the Bank of the Manhattan Company, one of the oldest banking institutions in New York City. The narrative delves into the bank's establishment amid significant historical events, reflecting on its unique charter that originally combined water supply initiatives with banking privileges. The book details the establishment of the Manhattan Company and its transformation into a banking institution in 1799, driven by notable figures such as Aaron Burr. It chronicles its early challenges, including the need for a reliable water supply in New York City and the eventual pivot to providing banking services. Notably, the Manhattan Company maintained profitability from its inception, expanding its operations and maintaining sound banking practices over the decades. The narrative emphasizes the company's commitment to progress and adaptation in the evolving financial landscape of the time, culminating in its strong presence as a progressive commercial bank in the early 20th century. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aBank of the Manhattan Company -- History
653 _aBanks and banking -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17374
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