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Unruly Banking Schemes In 1850s Maine City
In Farmington and Chicago, Stephen Bronson Jr and Thomas G Jones orchestrated a risky bank scheme. Jones, enticed by stock and cash, became cashier of the Sandy River Bank while Bronson steered Merchants and Mechanics Bank’s western circulation plans. The affair involved forged notes, hidden profits, and speculative real estate moves, revealing a web of misrepresentation and deceit in early Chicago finance.
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Bronson, Jr
Chicago
Wild Cat
Tage
Merchants and Mechanice Bank of
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Sandy River Bank
Parmington
Maine
Merchants’ and Mechanics’ Bank of Chicago
United States Circuit Court
Ilinois
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dent
Brannan
Illinois Savings Bank
Mr Bronson
S. Bronson
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Ilinois Savinge Bank
BROTHER BRONSON
Vronson
Merchants’ and Mechanics’ Bank
Bronson
Merchants and Mechanics' Bank
Watica
barking house
Branson
Milas
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aeque
Thomas G. Jones
Farmers’s Bank
Jones
Merchants and Mechanics’ Bank
Jonson
jhuth bank
Androscoggin
Farmer's Bank
Hrother B
Sandy River
BRo. JONES
Mc. Jones
oace
Mr. Jones
Trongon
Boone
Woodworth
Way
Farmington
Kennebec
Penahweak
Nice
UECOMETH
M. Hank
M. and M. Bank
SR. Bank
Gay
jazani
Sandy Sliver Bank
id Bronson
Merchants and Mechanical Bank
Stephen Bronson, Jr
Roderigo