City Bank - Hartford, CT

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: October 18, 1934
Location: Hartford, Connecticut (41.764, -72.685)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: b062d538526e3f64

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Description

Article (Hartford Courant, 1934-10-18) states a receiver (Howard W. Alcorn) was being paid for his work as receiver of the bank (referred to as the Bank & Trust in the OCR). This indicates the bank was in receivership (closure) with no mention of a depositor run in the text provided. OCR may have trimmed the full corporate name (e.g., City Bank & Trust); bank type not explicit, so set to unknown. Date of receivership payment is 1934-10-18; receiver appointment likely earlier but not specified in the excerpt.

Events (1)

1. October 18, 1934 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: A fee of $4500 for his work during the last quarter was awarded to Howard W. Alcorn, receiver of the Bank & Trust by Judge Arthur F Ells of the Superior Court Wednesday . . . since his appointment
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. October 18, 1934 Hartford Courant Hartford, CT

Article from Hartford Courant, October 18, 1934

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Article Text

City Bank Receiver Allowed $4500 Fee A fee of $4500 for his work during the last quarter was awarded to Howard W. Alcorn, receiver of the Bank & Trust by Judge Arthur F Ells of the Superior Court Wednesday This is the same scale of pay Mr. Alcorn has been aceiving since his appointment