1816/04/10

      Republican (constitutionalist) President Madison signs the Charter of the Second Bank of the united States, authorizing the purchase of 20% of the shares of common stock and appointing five out the 25-member Board of Directors.

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“Law of the Jungle”
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References:

Paul Johnson, A History of the American People, (New York: HarperPerennial, 1997), 285.

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