Background
George Curtis was born on Feburary 23, 1796 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.
George Curtis was born on Feburary 23, 1796 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.
George was interested in the organization of the New York Clearing House. The origin of the “idea” of this institution has been attributed to many persons and claimed by several.
In its archives are various plans which were put forward, but the list includes none by Curtis. From the outset, however, he was active in the negotiations and discussions which led to final action; and when the general plan of the organization had been agreed upon, he drew up a set of rules or by-laws sometimes referred to as the Constitution” of the Clearing House.
This document was adopted on June 6, 1854, and furnished the basis upon which the new undertaking organized its operations He did not live, however, to see the Clearing House develop, for only a few months after its organization his health became impaired and he finally went to Jacksonville, Florida, where he died early in 1856.