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[rocco2]

" We draw the line here." I'm with you chalmer !!!

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[rocco2]

Was in old city today, 4th and chestnut Philadelphia



This plaque is located at the main entrance to the Second Bank of the U.S. It reads:

OLD CUSTOM HOUSE

A NOTABLE EXAMPLE OF GREEK REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE, THIS BUILDING FOLLOWS IN MANY REGARDS LATROBE'S DESIGN OF 1818. IT WAS ERECTED 1819-1824 BY HIS PUPIL STRICKLAND, AS THE FIRST MODERN ADAPTATIONS OF THE PARTHENON AT ATHENS. IT WAS THE CENTER OF THE BITTER FINANCIAL AND POLITICAL STRUGGLE IN WHICH THE BANK'S HEAD, NICHOLAS BIDDLE AND HIS ALLY HENRY CLAY, CONTENDED WITH PRESIDENT JACKSON FOR CONTROL OF THE NATIONS MONETARY SYSTEM. JACKSON PREVENTED THE RECHARTERING OF THE BANK IN 1836 AND FROM 1845 TO 1934 ITS FORMER HOME SERVED AS THE PHILADELPHIA CUSTOM HOUSE.

Independence Nat'l Historical Park

http://www.nps.gov/inde/planyourvisit/plaques-and-statues-in-the-park.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Clay

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Biddle_(banker)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_War


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