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Creator Bank of Columbia (Georgetown, Washington, D.C.).
Contributor Bank of Pennsylvania.
Bank of the United States (1816-1836).
United States. Dept. of the Treasury.
Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848, correspondent.
Brent, Robert, 1764-1819, correspondent.
Crawford, William Harris, 1772-1834, correspondent.
Key, Philip Barton, 1757-1815 correspondent.,
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, correspondent.
McKenney, Thomas Loraine, 1785-1859, correspondent.
Mason, John, 1766-1849 correspondent.,
Monroe, James, 1758-1831, correspondent.
Nourse, Joseph, 1754-1841, correspondent.
Ringgold, Tench correspondent.,
Stoddert, Benjamin, 1751-1813, correspondent.
Washington, William Augustine, 1752-1810 correspondent.,
Whann, William, d. 1822 correspondent.,
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, former owner.
Title Bank of Columbia Records. 1794-1828 (inclusive).
Physical Description 3 boxes 1.04 linear ft.
Description The Bank of Columbia Records has correspondence and legal and financial papers that document the history of the bank and its depositors. The collection holds letters, predominantly single letters, from many prominent citizens of Georgetown and Washington in the early nineteenth century, as well as from Treasury Department officials and officers of the Bank of the United States.
Notes The Library Company of Philadelphia holds the Bank of the United States Records (McA 012), which are also part of the McAllister Collection; Bank of Columbia material can be found there in the files of Massachusetts senator James Lloyd (1769-1831), the Bank of the United States Office of Discount and Deposit, and William Wirt (1772-1834).
On deposit at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. For service, please contact the Historical Society at 215-732-6200 or http://www.hsp.org.
Biographical / historical note The Bank of Columbia was chartered in 1793 in George Town, Maryland. Its first president was Benjamin Stoddert (1751-1813), who served through 1798; the second was John Mason (1766-1849). The bank's chief administrative officer was its cashier. Samuel Hanson held the office through October 1801, followed by William Whann (d. 1822). Daniel Kurtz was appointed cashier in June 1821. The bank failed in 1824.
Subject Bank of Columbia -- Records and correspondence.
Banks and banking -- Washington (D.C.)
Genre Letters.
Bank notes.
Powers of attorney.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, former owner.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| MSS | McA MSS 013
Accession number (McAllister)