The first American commercial bank, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_North_America" id="mwUg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bank of North America">Bank of North America</a>, opens.<sup about="#mwt57" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-9"}}' id="cite_ref-9" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_7#cite_note-9" id="mwUw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 9;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwVA">[9]</span></a></sup>
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