Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p John Jay Knox (1828 - 1892) was an American financier, born in Knoxboro, New York. He graduated from Hamilton College in 1849 and entered the banking business. He was a vigorous supporter of the national banking plan of Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase. Chase appointed Knox to a clerkship position in the Treasury Department after reading an essay Knox wrote in 1862 that urged for a national banking system.. }
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- John_Jay_Knox comment "John Jay Knox (1828 - 1892) was an American financier, born in Knoxboro, New York. He graduated from Hamilton College in 1849 and entered the banking business. He was a vigorous supporter of the national banking plan of Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase. Chase appointed Knox to a clerkship position in the Treasury Department after reading an essay Knox wrote in 1862 that urged for a national banking system.".