Editing M&T Bank (section)

===19th century===
In the mid-19th century, few banking options existed for the growing number of manufacturers in the city of Buffalo. As a result, businessmen Pascal Pratt and Bronson Rumsey founded M&T Bank in 1856 as "Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Goldman |first1=Mark |title=High hopes : the rise and decline of Buffalo, New York |date=1983 |publisher=[[State University of New York Press]] |location=Albany |isbn=9780873957359 |pages=70–71}}</ref> Henry Martin, former president of the [[Attica and Buffalo Railroad]], was appointed the first president and assigned a salary of $1,000 a year.<ref name="mtb2006"/> The company opened its first office on August 29 of that year at 2 East Swan Street in Buffalo.<ref name=history>{{cite web | title=Newsroom: History | url=https://newsroom.mtb.com/about-mtbank/history/ | publisher=M&T Bank | access-date=2018-02-08 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815163504/https://newsroom.mtb.com/about-mtbank/history/ | archive-date=2018-08-15 | url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1885, Martin retired as president, at the age of 83, and was succeeded by Pascal Pratt, who had served as Vice President since the bank was formed.<ref name="mtb2006"/>