WILLING, THOMAS
\wˈɪlɪŋ], \wˈɪlɪŋ], \w_ˈɪ_l_ɪ_ŋ]\
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(1731-1821), was head of the firm of Willing and Morris [Robert Morris] from 1754 to 1793, which was an agent of Congress during the Revolution. He represented the Pennsylvania in the Continental Congress from 1775 to 1776. He was the first president of the U.S. Bank in 1791.
By John Franklin Jameson
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