Albert Gallatin, former Secretary of the Treasury…
1831 CE
Albert Gallatin, former Secretary of the Treasury under Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, writes in 1831 that the Second Bank of the United States is fulfilling its charter expectations. (Hammond, Bray. "Jackson, Biddle, and the Bank of the United States", The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 7, No.1 (May, 1947), pp. 1–23 in Essays on Jacksonian America, Ed. Frank Otto Gatell. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. New York. 1970. p. 150)