History of Milwaukee, city and county . irniittH-tf-W Hliiiuij?iPMiiiiHiiP Hiiiniiii lilllHHHttStifi. FIRST WISCONSIN NATIONAL HANK BUILDING, EAST WATKK ANDMASi IN STREETS BANKING AND FINANCE 347 The act allowed the company, besides insuring on ship and shore, to re-ceive money on deposit, give certificates, loan on the same terms as indiv duals,and employ its surplus capital in the purchase of stock or in other moneyedoperations, provided nothing- herein contained shall give banking charter was approved by the governor on the last of February, in May, subscription
History of Milwaukee, city and county . irniittH-tf-W Hliiiuij?iPMiiiiHiiP Hiiiniiii lilllHHHttStifi. FIRST WISCONSIN NATIONAL HANK BUILDING, EAST WATKK ANDMASi IN STREETS BANKING AND FINANCE 347 The act allowed the company, besides insuring on ship and shore, to re-ceive money on deposit, give certificates, loan on the same terms as indiv duals,and employ its surplus capital in the purchase of stock or in other moneyedoperations, provided nothing- herein contained shall give banking charter was approved by the governor on the last of February, in May, subscriptions to its stock were invited in Milwaukee, and $101,-300 was at once subscribed. It was voted that the salary of the secretary ofthe new-born nondescript should be $1,10(1. To fill the secretaryship Smithhad a Scot ready in Chicago whom he had just imported, namely, AlexanderMitchell. Early Life of Alexander Mitchell.—This young Scotchman was born nearAberdeen in Scotland in 1817. He was the son of a farmer and never attendedany school except that of his native parish. Some years later he was em
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