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Showing posts with label Atlanta's First Bank. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Atlanta's First Bank. Show all posts

Friday, June 18, 2010

The First Bank in Atlanta

In 1847 an agent of the Georgia Railroad depot, John F. Mims began a small scale bank in Atlanta. His principal business was to sell exchange on Augusta, as Augusta was at that time Atlanta's chief market.