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Herman LeRoy
Herman LeRoy (January 16, 1758 – March 31, 1841) was an American merchant, shipowner and banker. Early life He was born on January 16, 1758, in New York City in what was then the Province of New York, a part of British America. He was the son of Jacob LeRoy (1727–1793) and Cornelia ( Rutgers) LeRoy (1736–1765). Among his siblings were Mary Ann LeRoy (who married John Livingston), Jacob Leroy (who married Martha Banyer), Robert Leroy (who married Catherine Cuyler) and Elizabeth (who married Julian McEvers). His father, who was born in Rotterdam, was a merchant and alderman of New York City. His paternal grandparents were Daniel Leroy and Ingenatia ( van den Bergh) Le Roy. His maternal grandparents were Hermanus Rutgers III and Elizabeth ( Benson) Rutgers. His mother was a first cousin of New York State Assemblyman Henry Rutgers and Samuel Provoost, the first Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, among others. Career In 1786, he was consul-general for Holland. In 1788 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Presidents Of The Bank Of New York
The following is a list of presidents of Bank of New York from inception in 1784 until its 2007 merger with Mellon Financial. History The Bank of New York was formed following a June 1784 meeting at a coffee house on Franklin Square (Manhattan), St. George's Square. The bank operated without a charter for seven years. The bank opened on June 9, 1784, with Alexander McDougall as the first president and William Seton as Cashier. Its first offices were in the old Walton Mansion in New York City. In 1787, it moved to a site on Hanover Square (Manhattan), Hanover Square that the New York Cotton Exchange later moved into. The bank provided the United States government its first loan in 1789. The loan was orchestrated by Alexander Hamilton, then United States Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of the Treasury, and it paid the salaries of United States Congress members and President of the United States, President George Washington. The Bank of New York was the first company to be trad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bayard Jr
William is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will or Wil, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, Billie, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie). Female forms include Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germanic name is a compound of *''wiljô'' "will, wish, desire" and *''helmaz'' "helm, helmet".Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford Univers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oath Of Allegiance (United States)
The Oath of Allegiance of the United States is the official oath of allegiance that must be taken and subscribed by every immigrant who wishes to become a United States citizen. The oath may be administered by any Immigration Judge (United States), immigration judge or any authorized officer of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), including by any eligible United States federal judge, federal judge. Text The current Oath of Allegiance for naturalization as a citizen of the United States is as follows: Modifications According to Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. regulations, the phrase "so help me God" is optional and that the words ''on oath'' can be substituted with ''and solemnly affirm''. ("Oath of allegiance") According to United States Congress, U.S. Congress, if the prospective citizen is unable or unwilling to promise to bear arms or perform noncombatant military service because of "religious training and belief", he or she may reques ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Carolina
North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the southwest, and Tennessee to the west. The state is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 28th-largest and List of U.S. states and territories by population, 9th-most populous of the List of states and territories of the United States, United States. Along with South Carolina, it makes up the Carolinas region of the East Coast of the United States, East Coast. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the state had a population of 10,439,388. Raleigh, North Carolina, Raleigh is the state's List of capitals in the United States, capital and Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte is its List of municipalities in North Carolina, most populous and one of the fastest growing cities in the United States. The Charl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Cornell (settler)
Thomas Cornell Sr (c. 1595 – c. 1655) was one of the earliest settlers of Boston (1638), Rhode Island (1643) and the Bronx, and a contemporary of Roger Williams and the family of Anne Hutchinson. He is the ancestor of a number of North Americans prominent in business, politics, and education. Biography Cornell was born and christened 24 March 1591–92 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England, and died in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, on 8 February 1654–55. He married Rebecca Briggs, born in 1600, on 9 June 1620 at St Mary The Virgin, Saffron Walden. First two sons were Richard Cornell (1624–1694) and William Cornell (1627–1673). Their son named Thomas Cornell (Jr.) was born October 1627 in Saffron Walden. Thomas Cornell and his family immigrated from England to Boston in 1638, when their son Thomas Cornell (Jr.) would have been age 11. Thomas Cornell was an innkeeper in Boston who was part of the Peripheral Group in the Antinomian Controversy, a religious and political confli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loyalist (American Revolution)
Loyalists were refugee colonists from Thirteen Colonies, thirteen of the 20 British American colonies who remained loyal to the British Crown, British crown during the American Revolution, often referred to as Tories, Royalists, or King's Men at the time. They were opposed by the Patriot (American Revolution), Patriots or Whigs, who supported the revolution and considered them "persons inimical to the liberties of America." Prominent Loyalists repeatedly assured the Government of the United Kingdom, British government that many thousands of them would spring to arms and fight for the Crown. The British government acted in expectation of that, especially during the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War, Southern campaigns of 1780 and 1781. Britain was able to effectively protect the people only in areas where they had military control, thus the number of military Loyalists was significantly lower than what had been expected. Loyalists were often under suspicion of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bank Of New York
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, commonly known as BNY, is an American international financial services company headquartered in New York City. It was established in its current form in July 2007 by the merger of the Bank of New York and Mellon Financial Corporation. Through the lineage of Bank of New York, which was founded in 1784 by a group that included Alexander Hamilton, BNY is regarded as one of the three oldest banks in the United States and among the oldest in the world. It was the first company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. In 2024, it was ranked 130th on the ''Fortune'' 500 list of the largest U.S. corporations by total revenue. As of 2024, it is the 13th-largest bank in the United States by total assets and the 83rd-largest in the world. BNY is considered a systemically important financial institution by the Financial Stability Board. BNY provides a wide range of financial services, including asset management, custody and securities services, gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Bank Of The United States
The President, Directors and Company of the Bank of the United States, commonly known as the First Bank of the United States, was a National bank (United States), national bank, chartered for a term of twenty years, by the United States Congress on February 25, 1791. It followed the Bank of North America, the nation's first ''de facto'' national bank. However, neither served the functions of a modern central bank: They did not set monetary policy, regulate private banks, hold their excess reserves, or act as a lender of last resort. They were national insofar as they were allowed to have branches in multiple states and lend money to the US government. Other banks in the US were each chartered by, and only allowed to have branches in, a single state. Establishment of the Bank of the United States was part of a three-part expansion of federal fiscal and monetary power, along with a federal mint and excise taxes, championed by Alexander Hamilton, first United States Secretary of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genesee County, New York
Genesee County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,388. Its county seat is Batavia. Its name is from the Seneca word Gen-nis'-hee-yo, meaning "the Beautiful Valley".THE AMERICAN REVIEW; A WHIG JOURNAL DEVOTED TO POLITICS, LITERATURE, ART AND SCIENCE. VOL. VI NEW-YORK: GEORGE H. COLTON, 118 NASSAU STREET, Published 1847, Wiley and Putnam, p. 62/ref> The county was created in 1802 and organized in 1803. The county is part of the Finger Lakes region of the state. Genesee County comprises the Batavia, NY micropolitan statistical area, which is also in the Rochester-Batavia- Seneca Falls, NY combined statistical area. It is in Western New York. It is the namesake of Genesee County, Michigan; that is, the Michigan county was named for Genesee County, New York. History Precontact era The archaeological record at the Hiscock Site, in Byron, New York goes back 10,000 to 12,000 years to the Ice Age. Researchers have found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Roy (village), New York
Le Roy is a Administrative divisions of New York#Village, village in Genesee County, New York, Genesee County, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 4,391 at the 2010 census. The village lies in the center of the Le Roy, New York, town of Le Roy at the intersection of State Routes 5 and 19. History Prior to its incorporation in 1834, the first settlements in the village were to the east of the present village site. The village was an early center for the manufacture of patent medicines by companies such as S. C. Wells & Co. and household chemicals. Products produced in Le Roy included Mustarine, a patent mustard-plaster compound, and Rough On Rats, a rodent poison. Earliest businesses in the village are the Bank of LeRoy (founded 1834, now Bank of America) and the ''Gazette-News'' newspaper (defunct 1993). Le Roy is the birthplace of Jell-O. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western New York
Western New York (WNY) is the westernmost region of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. The eastern boundary of the region is not consistently defined by state agencies or those who call themselves "Western New Yorkers". Almost all sources agree WNY includes the cities of Buffalo, New York, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, New York, Niagara Falls, Jamestown, New York, Jamestown, and the surrounding suburbs, as well as the outlying rural areas of Niagara Frontier, and Chautauqua-Alleghany (or the western Southern Tier). Many would also place Rochester, New York, Rochester and the Genesee Valley in the region, although these locations are also sometimes included in the Finger Lakes Region. The State of New York sometimes defines the WNY region as including just five counties: Allegany County, New York, Allegany, Cattaraugus County, New York, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua County, New York, Chautauqua, Erie County, New York, Erie, and Niagara County, New York, Niagara. The state's Empir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
