Phoenix Bank of New York

City: New York

County: New York

State: New York

Incorporated in June 1812, Phoenix Bank was one of the largest and strongest banks in New York City. In January 1831, the New York State Assembly renewed the bank's charter until 1854. In 1838 and 1841, it had capital of $1.5 million.

Edwin Williams, New-York Annual Register for the Year of our Lord 1832 (New York: J. Seymour, 1832), 170; Longworth's American Almanac, New-York Register and City Directory for the Sixty-Third Year of American Independence (New York: Thomas Longworth, 1838), 22; Longworth's American Almanac, New-York Register and City Directory for the Sixty-Sixth Year of American Independence(New York: Thomas Longworth, 1841), 30; "An Act to Extend, for a Limited Period, the Charter of the New-York Manufacturing Company, Passed June 15th, 1812, now Known as the Phenix Bank, in the City of New York," 2 February 1831, Laws of New-York (1831), 28-29.