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Last name Wilkes
First name Charles
Display name Charles Wilkes
Birth date 1764
Death date 1833
Gender m
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Bio notes Wilkes came to America from his native London about 1782 and two years later was one of the men who organized the Bank of New York. He was the first treasurer of The New-York Historical Society, serving from 1805-18. Friend of Thomas Eddy.

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Life of Thomas Eddy