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Banking

Abraham Lincoln and the Second Portuguese Church (80) Sanford J. Mock. Investigating the history of a rare Lincoln document.

Baring Brothers Collapse (54) Daniel M. Collier, Jr. “It’s like deja vu all over again,” said Yogi Berra of the New York Yankees. The financial world too finds itself rounding the same bases over and over again.

Edison's Plan to Reinvent Money (80) David Hammes and Douglas Wills. Thomas Edison, arguably the country's most famous inventor and industrialist, proposes a new monetary plan for the U.S.

The Eternal Old Lady (68) Ian Moncrief-Scott. How war created the Bank of England.

Financiers and Financial Institutions (36) Kenneth P. Therrien. Reflects upon the business skills that made financiers such as J.P. Morgan, August Belmont, and Jacob Schiff so successful.

From the Ashes of San Francisco to America’s Largest Bank (66) Sanford J. Mock. How Bank of America founder A.P. Giannini made a fortune, but didn’t die rich.

From Fed to Folk Hero (85)  Bai Yun.  As Federal Reserve chairman, Paul Volcker revitalized the economy, paved the way for prosperity and fought for corporate integrity, and that’s just the beginning.

“John Carter” and the Earliest Known Stock Certificate (60) Ned W. Downing. Discusses the formation of the first incorporated bank of the United States. Describes the Wadsworth Carter partnership and its effects on the bank’s history.

The Great Panic of '93 (48) Gerald Parshall. A look at the excesses and economic failures of the '80s....the 1880s that is, and, the measures taken in the 1890s to stabilize the shaky American economy.

The House that Morgan Built (12) Ira Unschuld. A brief sketch on the life and accomplishments of J.P. Morgan - "a stunning example of the rugged individual of Wall Street."

The Investment Act of 1940 (52) William A. Campbell

An IPO for INA (46, 64) Thomas Cockerill. Two centuries ago, taking a company public wasn't easy. But it could be done - and if your ancestors had bought a stake in the Insurance Co. of North America, they would have made you very rich.

John Pierpont Morgan (39) George Haley Garrison. A portrait of J.P. Morgan's legacy to the business world and his profound influence on the economic development of the U.S.

J.P. Morgan (23) George Haley Garrison. Biographical sketch of the famous banker and financier.

Marx Revisited: The Braverman Debates (81) Vanessa Drucker. Harry Braverman applies Marx's concepts to the changing industries and social relations of the 20th century.

Mr. Hamilton’s Bank (60) Sanford J. Mock. Discusses Hamilton’s plan to pay off the revolution with an incorporated bank and why he left to become a practicing lawyer.

Native Talent (84) Gregory DL Morris. Most American Indian businesses are just a generation old, but among many First Nations a tradition of commerce is centuries old.

Nicholas Biddle and Andrew Jackson in the Case of the Strangled Bank (65) K.C. Tessendorf. The struggle over rechartering the Bank of the United States proves it’s an ill wind that blows a financier against a vindictive President.

Not for Profit – Not for Charity – But for Service (79) James R. Romeo. The credit union and its development in financial history.

The Panic of 1893 (61) Lee I. Niedringhaus. Looks at the 1893, when the Treasury was in a deficit, silver prices were declining and gold was rapidly being exported. Explains what caused the panic.

The Origins and Destiny of the Second Bank of the United States (10-12) Teresa Farrell. Prize winning article by a Pace University student on the history of the short-lived Second Bank of the U.S., an important early U.S. institution which was responsible for an era of sound banking and safe currency in the U.S. from the beginning of the 19th century until 1836.

A Rare Autograph: Tench Francis (61) Sanford J. Mock. Discusses a check from 1791 with the full signature of Tench Francis, the cashier of the Bank of North America.

The Rise and Fall of the Glass-Steagall Act (83) Scott B. MacDonald. The demise of the Act that defined banking since 1933.

The Role of the Town Bank in the Agrarian United States (82) Kathleen A. Graham. How rural banks shape their communities.

A Tale of Two (Thousand) Companies and One Old Shoe (76) Andy Anderson. Wells Fargo grows up alongside small-town America.

A Tribute to Modigliani and Miller (81) Brian Grinder and Dan Cooper.

A True Texas Legend (61) Pat Ellebracht. A biography of Anna Mebus Martin, a German emigrant who came to Texas as a farmer. She ran a mercantile business and became the first woman president of a Texas bank, The Commercial Bank in Mason, TX.