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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.
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