Belknap Savings Bank (Laconia, NH)

Episode Information

Episode Type
Suspension โ†’ Closure
Start Date
November 19, 1873
Location
Laconia, New Hampshire (43.528, -71.470)
Bank Type
savings

Metadata

Notes

Suspension explicitly reported; no articles here describe reopening or receivership, so final status uncertain.

Events (1)

1. November 19, 1873 Suspension
Cause
Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details
Bank suspended and was calling in notes after holding $18,000 on Sprague's (bad) paper.
Newspaper Excerpt
The Belknap Savings Bank in this place has suspended paying depositors for the present, and is calling in its notes.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)

Article from The Wheeling Daily Register, November 20, 1873

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Article Text

NEW HAMPSHIRE Suspended

LACONIA, N. H., November 19.-The Belknap Savings Bank in this place has suspended paying depositors for the present, and is calling in its notes. The bank bad $18,000 OD Spragues paper.


Article from The Spirit of Democracy, November 25, 1873

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Article Text

LACONIA, N. H., November 19 - The Belknap Savings Bank in this place has suspended paying depositors for the present, and is calling in its notes. The bank had $18,000 on Spragues paper.