Project Gutenberg 2005-12-22 Public domain in the USA. 196 Anonymous Anonyme Anonymous, Anonymous 56048423 Bank of the Manhattan Company, Chartered 1799: A Progressive Commercial Bank Produced by Curtis Weyant, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Cornell University Digital Collections) Character set for HTML: ISO-8859-1 "Bank of the Manhattan Company, Chartered 1799: A Progressive Commercial Bank" is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This book outlines the origin, history, and progress of the Bank of the Manhattan Company, one of the oldest banking institutions in New York City. The narrative delves into the bank's establishment amid significant historical events, reflecting on its unique charter that originally combined water supply initiatives with banking privileges. The book details the establishment of the Manhattan Company and its transformation into a banking institution in 1799, driven by notable figures such as Aaron Burr. It chronicles its early challenges, including the need for a reliable water supply in New York City and the eventual pivot to providing banking services. Notably, the Manhattan Company maintained profitability from its inception, expanding its operations and maintaining sound banking practices over the decades. The narrative emphasizes the company's commitment to progress and adaptation in the evolving financial landscape of the time, culminating in its strong presence as a progressive commercial bank in the early 20th century. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 53.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Bank of the Manhattan Company -- History Banks and banking -- New York (State) -- New York -- History HG Text Category: History - American Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Business/Management 47693 2025-08-07T11:13:14.979978 text/html 43110 2020-12-13T12:13:03 text/html 896943 2025-08-07T11:13:21.320939 application/epub+zip 895197 2025-08-07T11:13:18.587991 application/epub+zip 69912 2025-08-07T11:13:17.316972 application/epub+zip 1103218 2025-08-07T11:13:23.048932 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1091901 2025-08-07T11:13:20.320936 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 213952 2022-09-08T10:45:47.410954 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 32655 2025-08-07T11:13:14.625979 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 32202 2020-12-13T12:13:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19063 2025-08-07T11:13:23.182953 application/rdf+xml 25327 2025-08-07T11:13:17.822988 image/jpeg 4652 2025-08-07T11:13:17.570966 image/jpeg 738469 2020-12-13T12:13:03 application/octet-stream application/zip 12044 2020-12-13T12:13:03 application/octet-stream application/zip 850559 2025-08-07T11:13:15.030011 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia More titles under Unknown