. A history of the Bank of New York, 1784-1884. issioners of the Canal Fund |200,ooo for ninetydays, and in the following June, $200,000 more for sixmonths. In May, 1843, the bank subscribed for $i5o,-000 New York six per cent, stock, payable at thepleasure of the Commissioners of the Canal Fund afterthe year i860. The office of President of the bank was madevacant by the death of Cornelius Heyer on the5th of January, 1843. Mr. Heyer was for fifty-twoyears in the service of the bank. He was born in 1773,and entered the bank at the age of eighteen. Afteracting as teller he resigned the position


. A history of the Bank of New York, 1784-1884. issioners of the Canal Fund |200,ooo for ninetydays, and in the following June, $200,000 more for sixmonths. In May, 1843, the bank subscribed for $i5o,-000 New York six per cent, stock, payable at thepleasure of the Commissioners of the Canal Fund afterthe year i860. The office of President of the bank was madevacant by the death of Cornelius Heyer on the5th of January, 1843. Mr. Heyer was for fifty-twoyears in the service of the bank. He was born in 1773,and entered the bank at the age of eighteen. Afteracting as teller he resigned the position and enteredinto mercantile business ; but at the invitation of theofficers of the bank he resumed his position in it. Hewas appointed cashier in 1825, and succeeded as President of the bank in 1832. Mr. Heyerwas highly esteemed as a valuable member of thechurch and of the community. He was for many yearsPresident of the Board of Corporation of the GeneralSynod of the Reformed Dutch Church, and was prom-inent in her various


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