All posts tagged "banking"
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6.9KPolitics and MilitaryCharles Manley Smith – Vermont’s Bank Robbing Governor
The best way to rob a bank is to own one. The saying that’s true today was just as true for Charles...
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16.7K3MassachusettsNew England’s Yellow Day of 1881 Stokes Fears of Doomsday
On Sept. 7, 1881, Boston’s temperature hit 102 degrees, but New Englanders breathed a sigh of relief because the latest yellow day...
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11.1KBusiness and LaborJoseph Dudley and the Private Bank That Sank Him
Money in the 1600s was a volatile topic in the colonies. In a financial crisis, a currency shortage would freeze up the...
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11.3K2ConnecticutHiram Bingham, Connecticut’s Indiana Jones, Stumbles onto Machu Picchu
In July of 1911, Hiram Bingham raced to climb to the top of South America’s tallest mountain before a 60-year-old schoolteacher named...
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28.2K1New England PlacesThe Oldest Bank in Each New England State
The oldest bank in a state isn’t necessarily the first one chartered. Banks have had their difficulties over the years and many...
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9.4K2Business and LaborThe Panic of 1907 and the Maine Man Who Caused It
You might suppose the Federal Reserve banking system was begun in response to the great stock market crash of 1929, but it...
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