John Thompson (American banker)
John Thompson (1802–1891) was a United States banker, financial publisher, and dealer in bank notes. The son of a Revolutionary War soldier, he was born near Pittsfield, Mass. He worked as a teacher and lottery-ticket dealer in Poughkeepsie, NY before moving to New York City in 1832 to become a dealer in bank notes.[1] He founded "Thompson's Bank Note Reporter," the predecessor to the American Banker newspaper, in 1836.[2] The publication was devoted to "sorting out the good banks and their notes from bad banks and their notes."[3] Together with his sons, Samuel C. Thompson and Frederick Ferris Thompson, he founded First National Bank of the City of New York in 1863; it opened its doors on July 22 of that year.[4] He also founded Chase National Bank in 1877, a predecessor of the Chase Manhattan Bank.[5] He was married to Electa Ferris and summered at The Anchorage in Highland, NY
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References
- ^ "Money of the Mind," by James Grant, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1992.
- ^ American Banker 150th Anniversary, 1836 to 1986: A Commemorative Edition. LOC catalog number HG 2461 A4B3, 1986
- ^ "Money of the Mind," by James Grant.
- ^ "Money of the Mind," by James Grant.
- ^ History of JPMorgan Chase: 1799 to present". JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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