EBOOK BANK OF THE MANHATTAN COMPANY ***
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Bank of the
Manhattan
Company
ORIGIN
HISTORY
PROGRESS
40 Wall Street
New York
[Illustration: PRESENT OFFICE OF THE MANHATTAN COMPANY
40-42 WALL STREET
Building erected jointly in 1884 by the Manhattan Company and the
Merchants' National Bank]
BANK
OF THE
MANHATTAN COMPANY
CHARTERED 1799
A PROGRESSIVE COMMERCIAL BANK
[Illustration: CHIEF OF THE MANHATTANS]
40 WALL STREET
NEW YORK
[Illustration: Common Seal]
On May 8th, 1799, the Committee of By-Laws reported "that they had
devised a common seal for the Corporation, the description of which is
as follows:
"Oceanus, one of the sea Gods, sitting in a reclining posture on a
rising ground pouring water from an urn which forms a river and
terminates in a lake.
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