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Thomas Fitzsimons of Pennsylvania told the House, "If we wish to have more particular information . . . we ought to appoint a Committee of Ways and Means, to whom . . . the estimate of supplies may be referred . . ." Fitzsimons headed that first committee of 11 members, one from each of the states that had then ratified the Constitution. Born in Ireland and one of the few Roman Catholics to sign the Constitution, Fitzsimons played an instrumental role in establishing the nation's first bank, the Bank of North America. |
