1416. Litchfield Bank (Litchfield, CT)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
state
Start Date
August 4, 1862
Location
Litchfield, Connecticut (41.747, -73.189)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
60602eb4bc2da1bc

Response Measures

None

Description

Multiple notices (Aug–Sep 1862) announce sale of the remaining assets of the Litchfield Bank pursuant to a Superior Court order and list named receivers (Abijah Catlin, Francis E. Harrison). This indicates the bank was placed in receivership and its assets were being liquidated. No run or temporary suspension described in the articles.

Events (2)
1. August 4, 1862 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
Said sale is to take place pursuant to an order of the Superior Court for said County of Litchfield, made at its adjourned term, July, 1862. ABIJAH CATLIN, Receivers. FRANCIS E. HARRISON, 4t-16 Litchfield, Aug. 4, 1862.
Source
newspapers
2. September 9, 1862 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
The above sale will be postponed to Tuesday, the 9th day of September, 1862, at 10 o'clock, A. M, at the same place. ABIJAH CATLIN, FRANCIS HARRISON, Receivers.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (3)
1. August 14, 1862 Litchfield Enquirer Litchfield, CT
Article from Litchfield Enquirer, August 14, 1862

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Article Text

Notice S hereby given, that all the remaining assets I of the Litchfield Bank, including a parcel of real estate situated in the Village of Wolcottville, will be sold at public auction at the Court House in Litchfield, Litchfield County, State of Connecticut, on the second day of September, 1862, at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon, or at some other time, to which said sale may then be adjourned. Said sale is to take place pursuant to an order of the Superior Court for said County of Litchfield, made at its adjourned term, July, 1862. ABIJAH CATLIN, Receivers. FRANCIS E. HARRISON, 4t-16 Litchfield, Aug. 4, 1862.

2. August 21, 1862 Litchfield Enquirer Litchfield, CT
Article from Litchfield Enquirer, August 21, 1862

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Article Text

Notice Is hereby given, that all the remaining assets of the Litchfield Bank, including a parcel of real estate situated in the Village of Wolcottville, will be sold at public auction at the Court House in Litchfield, Litchfield County, State of Connecticut, on the second day of September, 1862, at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon, or at some other time, to which said sale may then be adjourned. Said sale is to take place pursuant to an order of the Superior Court for said County of Litchfield, made at its adjourned term, July, 1862. ABIJAH CATLIN, Receivers, FRANCIS E. HARRISON, 4t-16 Litchfield, Aug. 4, 1862. The above sale will be postponed to Tuesday, the 9th day of September, 1862, at 10 o'clock, A. M, at the same place. ABIJAH CATLIN, FRANCIS HARRISON, Receivers.

3. September 4, 1862 Litchfield Enquirer Litchfield, CT
Article from Litchfield Enquirer, September 4, 1862

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Article Text

Notice I hereby given, that all the remaining assets of the Litchfield Bank, including a parcel of real estate situated in the Village of Wolcottville, will be sold at public auction at the Court House in Litchfield, Litchfield County, State of Connecticut, on the second day of September, 1862, at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon, or at some other time, to which said sale may then be adjourned. Said sale is to take place pursuant to an order of the Superior Court for said County of Litchfield, made at its adjourned term, July, 1862. ABIJAH CATLIN, Receivers. FRANCIS E. HARRISON, 4t-16 Litchfield, Aug. 4, 1862. The above sale will be postponed to Tuesday, the 9th day of September, 1862, at 10 o'clock, A. M, at the same place. ABIJAH CATLIN, FRANCIS HARRISON, Receivers.