Excerpt from History of the Organization and Annual Conventions of the American Bankers' Association: Report of the Secretary of the Association at the Convention Held at Cincinnati, Ohio, October 3d and 4th, 1888 System. It was attended by a large number of National Bank officers, but the call for the Convention being confined to them, it did not interest the entire banking interest. A similar Convention was held at the Astor House in New York City in 1866. But no permanent organization appears to have been entered into. The great financial crisis of 1873 next supervened, and a strong and lasting impression seems to have been made on the minds of the banking community. In 1875, a Convention was held at Saratoga, which may properly be looked upon as the parent of this Association. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.