Bank of the United States

Bank of the United States check, 1799

Check drawn on the Bank of the United States for $100 to John Burrows signed by John Steele, dated April 26, 1799. Collection of the Museum of American Finance.

Bank of the United States securities prices rose during the epidemic from $464 to $500 of par.

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Objects and Images Related to 1798 Yellow Fever Epidemic

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Bank of the United States Bank of the United States

Aaron Burr Portrait of Aaron Burr by John Vanderlyn, 1802.

Manhattan Company Manhattan Company

Bank of New York Bank of New York

Banks Uprooted Map of lots to be sold at the Merchants Exchange including Bank Street in the West Village, 1833.