FBUS1791
ON-CHAIN HISTORICAL ARCHIVE
A permanent, museum-grade collection of primary sources establishing the First Bank of the United States as the constitutional and institutional origin of American central banking — preserved on-chain for verifiable posterity by BIBER-B, The Billionaire Wire On-Chain.
National Archives — Founders Online
Primary manuscripts from the founding generation. Hosted by NARA.
Hamilton's seminal report proposing a national bank, submitted to Congress. Source of FBUS charter.
founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-07-02-0229-0003 →Strict constructionist argument that the Constitution did not authorize a national bank.
founders.archives.gov →Doctrine of implied powers — foundation for broad federal authority and modern banking.
founders.archives.gov →Final enrolled bill presented to President Washington for signature Feb 25, 1791.
founders.archives.gov →Library of Congress
Manuscript Division & Business History — Original holographs.
Original draft in Hamilton's hand with corrections.
loc.gov/item/mss246120179/ →Federal Reserve — Proof of Lineage
Federal Reserve System acknowledges FBUS as its direct ancestor.
Explicit lineage: FBUS (1791-1811) → Second Bank → Federal Reserve (1913-).
federalreservehistory.org →Complete legislative history, 1834 reprint of debates, charter, and reports.
fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/3633 →The Aldrich Plan report directly linking FBUS precedent to 1913 Federal Reserve creation.
fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/626 →Physical Document — Artifact
The act of chartering preserved as artifact — presidential signatures.
Appointment of FBUS commissioners signed by President Washington and countersigned by Jefferson as Secretary of State, weeks after charter.
christies.com/lot-6228522 →