Hamilton founds the First Bank of the United States
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- Lords of Finance whole source · open book
In 1791, Alexander Hamilton, the secretary of the treasury, had created the country’s first central bank, the First Bank of the United States, although its domain was not very grand because there were only four other banks in the whole country at the time.
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