The major financial catalyst for the panic of 1857 was the Aug. 24, 1857, failure of the New York branch of the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company. It was soon reported that the entire capital of ...
In the wake of the Panic of 1857, “that nest of gamblers the Brokers’ Board” (socalled by a Manhattan newspaper seeking to fix responsibility for the financial chaos) met one day to elect a new ...
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