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First Bank of the United States
Philadelphia PA
2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Bank_of_the_United_States

https://www.ushistory.org/tour/first-bank.htm

The war left us in debt. Some states were bankrupt. We needed one unified currency. Hamilton suggested a central bank.

The First Bank of the United States was needed because the government had a debt from the Revolutionary War, and each state had a different form of currency. It was built while Philadelphia was still the nation's capital. Alexander Hamilton conceived of the bank to handle the colossal war debt — and to create a standard form of currency.

Up to the time of the bank's charter, coins and bills issued by state banks served as the currency of the young country. The First Bank's charter was drafted in 1791 by the Congress and signed by George Washington. In 1811, Congress voted to abandon the bank and its charter. The bank was originally housed in Carpenters' Hall...

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