Biddle, Nicholas (1786-1844) to William Rochester
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03139.02 Author/Creator: Biddle, Nicholas (1786-1844) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 5 August 1830 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket ; 25.1 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
Says that he and William Strickland agree that stone columns would be preferable to wood for the new branch of the Bank being built in Buffalo. Also advises using fluted columns, and promises to have Strickland send a sketch of the proposed cornice. A pirvate letter, written from the Bank of the United States.
Nicholas Biddle was President of the Second Bank of the United States from 1823-1839.
William Rochester was appointed President of the Buffalo branch of the Bank of the United States in 1828, and served until 1836. He was also a congressman from New York from 1821-1823.
William Strickland was the architect of the Second Bank of the United States in Philadelphia.
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