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3 unusual facts about Nicholas Biddle


CoreStates Financial Corporation

The Second Bank of the United States was directed for most of the period 1816 to 1836 by Nicholas Biddle, the nation's first chief banker and scion of the city's most iconic family.

Spencer Darwin Pettis

During one of those speeches Congressman Pettis harshly criticized Nicholas Biddle, President of the Second Bank of the United States.

The Port Folio

After Dennie's death in 1812, Nicholas Biddle, who was already a literary contributor and patron, became editor, but only until 1814.


Cyrus Townsend Brady

Brady's first major book, For Love of Country, whilst telling the story of a fictitious John Seymour, was actually based in part on the true heroics of Nicholas Biddle, one of the first five captains of the fledgling Continental Navy.


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