Lot of approximately 180 letters and documents pertaining to business dealings of prominent Ohio banker, John H. James The letters range in date from the 1810s until the late 1880s. John H. James (1800-1881) moved to the Cincinnati area in 1813 when he was thirteen years old. Although not an Ohio native, he left a considerable mark on the state's history and businesses. In his lifetime he established one of the first banks in Urbana, and was a founding member of the Urbana Champaign Mutual Bank Co. and the Urbana Banking Co. James acted as treasurer and president of the Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad and built one of the earliest railroads of the country. He owned a newspaper and several farming properties where he experimented with mule breeding and silk production. James also dabbled in real estate speculation, railroad and canal building, river shipping and more. He served as an Ohio state senator, hoping to reform the bank system. In 1837 he proposed a state bank law that passed eight years later. He became friends with Henry Clay and William Henry Harrison and was a staunch Whig supporter even after the party dissolved. James died in 1881. Condition: Very good, some pages have toning, folds, and some have brittle edges.
Lot of approximately 180 letters and documents pertaining to business dealings of prominent Ohio banker, John H. James The letters range in date from the 1810s until the late 1880s. John H. James (1800-1881) moved to the Cincinnati area in 1813 when he was thirteen years old. Although not an Ohio native, he left a considerable mark on the state's history and businesses. In his lifetime he established one of the first banks in Urbana, and was a founding member of the Urbana Champaign Mutual Bank Co. and the Urbana Banking Co. James acted as treasurer and president of the Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad and built one of the earliest railroads of the country. He owned a newspaper and several farming properties where he experimented with mule breeding and silk production. James also dabbled in real estate speculation, railroad and canal building, river shipping and more. He served as an Ohio state senator, hoping to reform the bank system. In 1837 he proposed a state bank law that passed eight years later. He became friends with Henry Clay and William Henry Harrison and was a staunch Whig supporter even after the party dissolved. James died in 1881. Condition: Very good, some pages have toning, folds, and some have brittle edges.
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