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Show Nimbtr of CrrtloM In 1800 there wer only 335 proflt-(eekinf proflt-(eekinf corporationi in the United Statei. reporti a Twentieth Century fund aurvey. Turnpike, bridge and canal companies comprised .two thirds of the total, while banks and ! insurance companies made up the other third. Manufacturing was represented rep-resented by only six -corporations. At that time corporations was a privilege granted by the government govern-ment only under, very special circumstances. cir-cumstances. .;' |