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Bank of the Manhattan Company, by Anonymous
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Title: Bank of the Manhattan Company Chartered 1799: A Progressive Commercial Bank
Author: Anonymous
Release Date: December 22, 2005 [EBook #17374]
Language: English
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Bank of the Manhattan Company
ORIGIN HISTORY PROGRESS
40 Wall Street New York
[Illustration: PRESENT OFFICE OF THE MANHATTAN COMPANY 40-42 WALL STREET Building erected jointly in 1884 by the Manhattan Company and the Merchants' National Bank]
BANK OF THE MANHATTAN COMPANY
CHARTERED 1799
A PROGRESSIVE COMMERCIAL BANK
[Illustration: CHIEF OF THE MANHATTANS]
40 WALL STREET NEW YORK
[Illustration: Common Seal]
On May 8th, 1799, the Committee of By-Laws reported "that they had devised a common seal for the Corporation, the description of which is as follows:
"Oceanus, one of the sea Gods, sitting in a reclining posture on a rising ground pouring water from an urn which forms a river and terminates in a l