- Bank of Upper Canada - Wikipedia
The Bank of Upper Canada was the subject of almost continuous political attack Shortly after its founding, Reform critic William Lyon Mackenzie published a series of articles on how speculative the Bank's loan practices were, and how close to bankruptcy it was
- The “Pretended” Bank of Upper Canada
There were actually two institutions called the Bank of Upper Canada in the nineteenth century One was established by government charter at York in 1821 The other was established in Kingston in 1819 and was unchartered -- in other words, it operated illegally
- Bank of Upper Canada - The Canadian Encyclopedia
During the Rebellions of 1837, the bank annoyed local commercial interests and, partly as a result, the Commercial Bank of the Midland District expanded more rapidly in the 1840s
- The Bank of the People, 1835-1840: Law and Money in Upper Canada
In its attempts to undermine the Agricultural Bank, the Bank of Upper Canada went so far as to send agents to the countryside to purchase its notes, which it then attempted to cash in large amounts in order to force the Agricultural Bank to suspend payments
- Upper Canada Rebellion: History Major Facts
Understanding the history and the major facts surrounding the Upper Canada Rebellion requires a look into its causes, the key events that transpired, and its long-term impacts on the formation of Canada
- The Bank of Upper Canada: A Collection of Documents. Edited with an . . .
the bank was partly precipitated by injudicious attempts to underwrite fixed capital investment As a result it is both surprising and disappointing that Baskerville persists with the theme of a banking system which, at the direc- tion of imperialist administrators in Britain, assumed a form that was unsuita- availability o
- Toronto’s first bank—the Bank of Upper Canada
In 1866, the combination of bad loans, a poor economy, and competition from rival banks, of which there were now eleven, caused the Bank of Upper Canada to fail
- Bank Of Upper Canada - Histories
Bank Of Upper Canada Established 1823 with a capital of $41,364, which had increased in 1859 to $3,126,250 Its headquarters were in Toronto After a long, prosperous career the bank stopped payment in 1866, the chief cause being the collapse in real estate in Canada West
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