Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1808, Dec. 7 | Born, Kennebunk, Maine |
| 1825-1827 | Attended Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine |
| 1833 | Practiced law, Fort Wayne, Ind. |
| 1835-1856 | Cashier and manager. Fort Wayne branch, old State Bank of Indiana |
| 1838 | Married Susan Maria Mann |
| 1857-1863 | President, new State Bank of Indiana |
| 1863-1865 | Comptroller of the currency; implemented the National Bank Act of 1863 authorizing the issuance of national bank notes by national banks |
| 1865-1869 | Secretary of the treasury under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson |
| 1870 | Went to England as a member of the banking house of Jay Cooke, McCulloch and Co. |
| 1884-1885 | Secretary of the treasury under President Chester A. Arthur |
| 1888 | Published autobiography, Men and Measures of Half a Century; Sketches and Comments. New York:, C. Scribner's sons |
| 1895, May 24 | Died, Holly Hill, Prince Georges County, Md. |