Biddle, Nicholas, 1786-1844 to William Appleton re: instructions on bank funds as Jackson dismantles bank

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GLC#
GLC01994.02
Type
Letters
Date
1833/01/24
Author/Creator
Biddle, Nicholas, 1786-1844
Title
to William Appleton re: instructions on bank funds as Jackson dismantles bank
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 p. : docket ; + note + etching
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Written as president of the Bank of the United States to Appleton, President of the Office of Discount and Deposit, Boston. Biddle explains that "the loans in the remoter offices, particularly in the South and West, are gradually diminishing, and the fund[s] transferred into the more manageable form of domestic bills of exchange." Biddle explains that this policy will provide more funds for circulation in the Atlantic offices, where more money was needed. This was the very policy that angered President Jackson, who felt money should be kept in the originating region.

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