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Very Rare 1798 Bank of Baltimore Stock Certificate

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Very Rare 1798 Bank of Baltimore Stock Certificate
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One share of stock issued to William Taylor (of Great Britain) on June 30th, 1798. Seal with ship vignette on left side. Measures approx. 4" x 13" on delicate paper with folds and minor foxing. The Bank of Baltimore was the seventh American bank in the United States, the second in Baltimore. It was chartered in 1795 because of increased need for capitol with the intention that it would be later consolidated into the Bank of Maryland. Its first president was George Salman. In 1802, the bank received support from president Thomas Jefferson who was worried that the United States Bank, whose stock was mostly owned by foreign subscribers, would swallow up smaller banks like the Bank of Baltimore and could become a liability in the event of a future foreign conflict. In 1865, it was reorganized as The National Bank of Baltimore. A reference to the bank is also found in Jedidiah Morse's The American Universal Geography (1802): "A new bank was established by law in 1796, with a capitol of 2,000,000 of dollars, called The Bank of Baltimore." (Prag Collection)

City: Baltimore
State: Maryland,
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FHWAC#: 24406