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1817 Congressman William Irving ALS Re: "the U.S. Bank" Mentioning its "governed by a kind of Jewish economy."
WILLIAM IRVING (1766-1821). New York Politician, Poet, Celebrated Author, Brother of Washington Irving, Republican Member of the 13th, 14th and 15th Congresses.
January 18, 1817-Dated, Autograph Letter Signed, "Wm. Irving" as a Congressman, 7.75" x 8", 1 page Washington, Very Fine. Irving writes to an unknown person about an interesting critical view on the U.S. Bank, reading in part:
"I agree with you respecting the U.S. Bank. I always said it could not get along unless the other banks paid simultaneously with it and even with the help of the coming regulation of the Treasury, I find my prophesy will be realized. I do not know what will be done with the resolution but I think the bank, of which we heard so many high blown enconium in anticipation, is, like all other merchantile operations, governed by a kind of Jewish economy." Includes full transcription.
WILLIAM IRVING (1766-1821) was a Representative from New York; born in New York City August 15, 1766; completed preparatory studies; engaged in mercantile pursuits and also in the Fur Trade with the Native Indians along the Mohawk River, residing at Johnstown and Caughnawaga, N.Y.; returned to New York City in 1793; elected as a Republican to the Thirteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Egbert Benson; reelected to the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Congresses and served from January 22, 1814, to March 3, 1819.