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Hamilton, Alexander (February 23, 1791). "Enclosure: Opinion on the Constitutionality of an Act to Establish a Bank, 23 February 1791". Founders Online. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Hamilton, Alexander (February 23, 1791). "Final Version of an Opinion on the Constitutionality of an Act to Establish a Bank, 23 February 1791".
The First Bank of the United States [29] had a mixture of government and private ownership and was subject to public oversight. The federal government appointed five of the 25 Bank's directors and held one fourth of its stock. The remaining 20 of the Bank's directors were selected, and the other 75% of its stock was provided by the investors.
The President, Directors and Company of the Bank of the United States, commonly known as the First Bank of the United States, was a national bank, chartered for a term of twenty years, by the United States Congress on February 25, 1791. It followed the Bank of North America, the nation's first de facto national bank.
In 1791, former Morris aide and chief advocate for Northern mercantile interests, Alexander Hamilton, the Secretary of the Treasury, accepted a compromise with the Southern lawmakers to ensure the continuation of Morris's Bank project; in exchange for support by the South for a national bank, Hamilton agreed to ensure sufficient support to have the national or federal capitol moved from its ...
In 1791, Congress chartered the First Bank of the United States.The bank, which was jointly owned by the federal government and private stockholders, was a nationwide commercial bank which served as the bank for the federal government and operated as a regular commercial bank acting in competition with state banks.
[30] [31] The new securities were accepted by the Bank to purchase its stock, up to three-quarters (75%) of the value. [5] Based on the collateral of these securities, new Bank notes were issued, producing a dramatic increase in the money supply [30] and serving as the principal circulating medium – the “legal tender” – for the country. [5]
In 1791 Hamilton released a third report, the Report on Manufactures, which encouraged the growth and protection of manufacturing. Hamilton's First Report on the Public Credit and his subsequent reports on a national bank and manufacturing stand as "the most important and influential state papers of their time and remain among the most ...
Feb. 25, 1791: Bank of the United States incorporated. An Act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States. (First Bank of the United States) Sess. 3, ch. 10 1 Stat. 191 (chapter 10) 11: March 2, 1791: Bank of the United States, Supplementary Act to the Act incorporating the.