1To Alexander Hamilton from Tench Coxe, 26 August 1797 (Hamilton Papers)
Tench Francis, Jr., was cashier of the Bank of North America. He and Coxe’s mother, Mary Francis Coxe, were the children of Tench Francis, Sr., a lawyer in Philadelphia and Attorney General of the Province of Pennsylvania from 1741 until his death in 1755. In addition...
2Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail Adams, 8 August 1799 (Adams Papers)
Bank of North America, were dismissed owing to incomplete filings by the plaintiffs (TBA to William Smith Shaw, 6 Aug.,
3From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 19 August 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
and he was a neutral during the American Revolution. He became president of the Bank of North America in 1781 and president of the first Bank of the United States in 1791. His fortune was estimated to be approximately one million dollars.
4To John Adams from John Rowlett, 12 February 1800 (Adams Papers)
Bank of North America 12th. Feby. 1800
5To Alexander Hamilton from William Bingham, 24 August 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
...Representatives in 1790 and 1791. He served in the Pennsylvania Senate in 1794 and 1795, and from 1795 to 1801 he was a member of the United States Senate. Bingham was a founder of the Bank of North America and served as the first president of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Corporation. He founded Binghamton, New York, and he owned large tracts of land in Pennsylvania and the...