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1821 Bank of the United States Ballot for a New Board of Directors in a Printed Circular Letter
December 26, 1821-Dated Late Federal Period, Printed Circular Letter, Bank of the United States Ballot for the Board of Directors, Signed by Chandler Price (1765-1827), with Integral Postal Address Cover, Very Fine.
Scarce and significant fiscal history Document, Printed Circular Letter directed to stockholders in the Bank of the United States, dated at Philadelphia, 1 page, measuring about 8" x 10", and torn on the separate postal cover page where opened. Signed in ink by the 5 Members of the; "committee to request the aid and support of the Stockholders throughout the United States, to effect a change in the administration of the Bank, which is here regarded as essential for the interests of the Stockholders".
On the integral attached page is the printed ticket (ballot) listing the proposed new slate of Directors for the Bank of the United States, chosen at, "a very respectable meeting of the Stockholders of the Bank of the United States, held in this city on the 22d instant." Among the many prominent men named on the Ticket is New York City merchant Archibald Gracie, whose home, "Gracie Mansion" serves as the residence for the Mayor of New York City.
Mailed as a folded letter with faint red PHIL postmark and manuscript "10" rate, and addressed to Robert Coleman at Lancaster, Pa. (1748-1825), who made a fortune in iron manufacturing, and became Pennsylvania's first millionaire. Coleman served as a Delegate to the 1776 Pennsylvania State Constitutional Convention, served in the State Legislature in 1783, Delegate to the 1787 State Convention which ratified the United States Constitution. This Circular Letter is Signed by: Chandler Price (1765-1827), a Philadelphia merchant who served as a Director of the Second Bank of the United States; John Savage (1765-1834), a Philadelphia shipping merchant and underwriter; Thomas Biddle, Samuel Nevins and George Rundle.