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[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]
Hamilton submitted a schedule of excise taxes on December 13, 1790 [111] to augment revenue necessary to service debts assumed from the states. [112] The national debt reached $80 million and required nearly 80% of annual government expenditures. The interest alone on the national debt consumed 40% of the national revenue between 1790 and 1800 ...
In United States history, the Second Report on the Public Credit, [1] also referred to as The Report on a National Bank, [2] was the second of four influential reports on fiscal and economic policy delivered to Congress by the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton.
Hamilton, Alexander (December 13, 1790). "Final Version of the Second Report on the Further Provision Necessary for Establishing Public Credit (Report on a National Bank), 13 December 1790". Founders Online. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Madison, James (February 2, 1791). "The Bank Bill, 2 February 1791". Founders Online. U ...
Alexander Hamilton, a portrait by William J. Weaver now housed in the U.S. Department of State. In United States history, the Hamiltonian economic program was the set of measures that were proposed by American Founding Father and first Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in four notable reports and implemented by Congress during George Washington's first term.
The First Bank of the United States was established in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, while the city served as the national capital, from 1790 to 1800. The bank began operations in Carpenters' Hall in 1791, some 200 feet from its permanent home. Branches opened in Boston, New York, Charleston, and Baltimore in 1792, followed by branches in Norfolk ...
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 ...
Lacking a stable currency, banks issued their own notes, and calls for stronger public credit led to the establishment under the Articles of Confederation of the Bank of North America in 1781. After the adoption of the Constitution, the First Bank of the United States succeeded it as a de facto central bank. Concerns remained, however, over the ...