Petition seeking Bank or Brank Bank in Town of Danville (1).

• imprint_number: 1818.122
• title: To the honorable the General Assembly ... petition ... inhabitants of the town of Danville, and the county of Pittsylvania ...
• sequence_number: 122
• year: 1818
• place_issued: Danville
• issuing_press: Elhanan W. Reinhart
• author: Inhabitants of the Town of Danville.
• notes: One of at least 8 petitions (Danville, Lynchburg, and counties of Henry, Campbell, Bedford, Halifax, and Patrick) presented to the Assembly on December 11, 1818, requesting either the establishment of a newly-chartered bank at Danville, or requiring one of the state's existing banks to open a branch office there.
  Sheet carries colophon of Elhanan W. Reinhart, but no date; Hummel supplied a "181-?" date without consulting Assembly records; Reinhart established his press at Danville in the spring of 1818, so item was printed sometime between then and Assembly opening in December.
  
  
• Related Bios:
  • Elhanan Winchester Reinhart

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