15185. Lebanon Miami Banking Company (Lebanon, OH)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension โ†’ Closure
Bank Type
state
Start Date
January 1, 1842*
Location
Lebanon, Ohio (39.423, -84.220)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
d3a3eccb66cfcaab

Response Measures

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Description

Article (New York Herald, 1842-01-17) states the Lebanon Miami Bank stopped lately and has made an assignment of all its assets to E. W. M'Guire ... for the benefit of the creditors, indicating suspension and effective failure with assets assigned to a trustee/receiver. No article describes a depositor run. OCR errors in Article 1 (spacing/characters) were corrected (e.g., has made an assignment of all its assets to E. W. M'Guire). Article 2 (1846) simply lists the bank among failed institutions. Date for assignment is taken as around the publication date (January 1842); day not specified in text.

Events (2)

1. January 1, 1842* Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
has made an assignment of all its assets to E. W. M'Guire, of Lebanon, for the benefit of the creditors.
Source
newspapers
2. January 1, 1842* Suspension
Cause
Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details
Bank stopped operations and assigned all assets to an assignee for the benefit of creditors, indicating insolvency or inability to meet obligations.
Newspaper Excerpt
The Lebanon Miami Bank, which stopped lately, has made an assignment of all its assets to E. W. M'Guire, of Lebanon, for the benefit of the creditors.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)

Article from The New York Herald, January 17, 1842

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190.000 3,560 Notes of Banks, 11,014 Due Banks, Due from 18.068 5295 Deposites, 131.381 7,734 Other resources, Other liabilities, $376 $376,699 The Lebanon Miami|Bank, which stopped lately, has made an assignment of all its assets to E. W. M'Guire, of Lebanon, for the benefit of the ereditors. Three other banks have passed resolutions to wind up their affairs, viz: the Bank of Zanesville, the Commercial Bank of Lake Erie, and the Bank of Chillicothe. This last is one from which the State obtained a loan of $591,000 during the past year, and the institution is to make an offer by which the State will be able to pay the bank in the cur rency receivable by the State. The debt is now payable in New York. The ship ashore reported to be the Morrison, turns out to be the Frankfort, from New Orleans. The Treasury note bill authorising the issue of $5,000, 00 of Treasury notes in lieu of so much of the $12,000,000 loan of the extra session. has passed the House of Repre sentatives. Of all the means proposed to borrow money now that the mismanagement of the government finan cesrenders borrowing necessary, this is, perhaps, in the present state of the market, the least objectionable mode in which it can be done. The necessity for bor rowing at all at such a juncture as this, is greatly to be deplored, and the more so, that the government should have impaired its own credit by divesting itself of the proceeds of the public lands, which should have been appropriated to the discharge of the debt. The increase of the amount outstanding will no doubt cause a fall in the value of those upon the market, more particularly as there is no means of judging of the issue of the pre sent financial difficulties of the government. There is yet no way pointed out to remedy the deficient revenue and the prespect is that of yearly adding to the present debt. which is embracing thenew issue of $18,000,000 Under the new tariff, the customs may yield $15,000,000, and if the distribution act remains in force, this is all the revenue to meet $30,000,000 of annual expenditure. With this prospect ahead, nothing can save the government credit, or enable it to obtain money on any terms, but to recall the proceeds of the public lands, appropriate it to meet the interest and principal of the debts contracted, and then levy imposts promptly to meet fully an economical expenditure. The state of the markets and of American credit at home and abroad, make rigorous measures imperative. The government is already on the same tack that has destroyed State credit, and blast. ed American reputation abroad. The excitement in relation to the Bankrupt Law is increasing. Movements are making in favor of repeal in all sections of the country. A resolution is before the Lesgislature of Indiana to instruct the Senate and House of Representatives to vote for a repeal of the Law. In the debate upon the subject the following strong language was used by a member :As the law stands, it is worse than nothing. If its provisions extended to Banks and Corporations- that when they suspend specie pay otherw verted themselves into engines for swindling the community-he could rejoice to see it go into open ation But, while these insinuations are not embraced in are the compulsory provisions of the Bankrupt Law, and suffered to practice the most stupendous fraud upon the with impunity- while their favorites, the great country who have been furnished with the credit speculators, fraudulent necessary to enable them to carry on their operations by those institutions, are alone to be benefit al its operations, and by a summary process are lowed baby to absolve themselves from all obligations to pay their honest debts-he felt that he could not too strongly advocate its repeal. Sir, theonly effects of the law proposed to be repealare 1st. Any scoundrel who may have been en gaged ed in exclusive speculations, and ho has been enabled to live in splendor for years upon the hard earnings of the honest working portions of the community, and whose dubts have moltiplied and wollen than ex tentas su' joi himto ergent and repeated solicitations the demands against him, which so such gentlepay is always an intolerable grievance- may volunta man rily go before court, and by giving up what little he had not squandered of the property of others then in his opehands, swear is all he has, and by this one grant ration. pay all his debts at once, and that without money or other valuable consideration. As a matter of interest to the holders of Indiana bonds, we annex from the report of Milton Stapp, late Fund Commissioner, the numbers of the bonds in dispute. Those issued to Sherwood :410 BONDS DUE FROM SHERWOOD. Dollar Bonds. Sterling Bonds. Bank loan dollar boads, numbers from 1 23 to 23, Internal improvement dollar bonds, from 5 4.452 to 456, 4,457. 4,458. 4,459, 4 460, 18-from 4,519 35 to 4,347. 4 549, 4,550. 4,552, 4,553, 4,534, 4,557, to 4,562, 11 4,564, 7 4,566. 4,567 4,668, 4,575. 4,579, 4,579, 4,580, 6 4,682, 4,597, 4,698, 4,599. 4,600, 87 Sterling internal improvement bonds, num20 bers from 1,771 to 1,790, 1,901. to 1,906, 1.910, 1,911, 1,919, 1,926, 24 to 1.940. 1951, to 1,950, 1,970, to 1,979, 2,001, 2,003, 34 to 2015, 29 2018,102.021. 2.073, 2.080. 178, to 200. 87 2,276 te 2,300 2,302 to 309 601 to 2,654, 13 2.656.2667 658 2,665 2674. 20 2.684 to 2700, 806 to 2,807 2,808, 16 2,826 to 2,839, 2,841, 2,877, 243 Bank loan sterling bonds, number's from 363 to 390. 28 52 Numbers from 849 to 900, SO Bonds, 410 The following are the bonds sold the Circleville Bank, as numbered Wabash and E. Canal bonds, (which had been returned in the pace of Internal Improvement bonds hv pothecated. numbers 2,389. 2,990,2403 2,422, 2 437 439. 2471. 2.472. 2,473 4 474.2475 2,476. 247722,188, 2,489, 2,490, 2,491, 492, 2,493, 21 2.494, and 2,495 improvement bonds numbers 2,422 2.435 Internal 2,437, 2,438,2,471, 2,472. 2,473. 2,474. 2,475 5.2,476 2,477, 2,498, 2.489, 2490. 2,491. 2 492. 2,493, 2494, 495. 3 433, 3,435. 3,435, 3,437 3,816, 29 3,820, 3,821, and 3,822, 50 The followin are the bonds retained by Danforth Internal Improvement bonds. numbers 2 993, 3,419, 3 420, 3,793, 3.796, 3 808. 3 810, 3811, 3,815, 3.823. 3.824, 3 825, 3,826 3527, 3,812. 3,829. 3.830, 3.831. 3 632, 3,833, 3 834, 3,828, 3.835. 3837, 3 938. 3.839. 3 840, 3 841, 3,843, 35 3,844, 3 845, 4,299. 4264. 4,576, 4,577. Madison Railroad bonds, numbers 143, 145, 146, 147. 148, and 150, 4 Others numbers not known, 45 The following are the bonds issued to th Morri Canal :Internal Improvement bonds, Nes. 4345 to 4,352 4,421 4,440 4.461 477 4,479 to 4.500, 4,563. 82 4.569 4,874 4,583 to 4,583. 4,595 to 4 596, Madison Railroad bonds, Nos. 149. 164,165 166. 167. 169, 170.171.179. 212,213. 214, 308, 409, 416,417, 418, 421, 422, 423, 424, 426, 431. 435, 446, 29 453 and 456, 11] Died. Sunday, 16th inst. WILLIAM H. HUDSON agel 32


Article from The Spirit of Democracy, January 24, 1846

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# FOR GOVERNOR OF OHIO, DAVID TOD, of Trumbull. # THE CONSTITUTIONAL CURRENCY. In our paper of last week, we published the proceedings of the Democratic 8th of January Convention, which put in nomination, as the Democratic candidate for Governor of Ohio, the able advocate of equal rights-DAVID TOD. On the first page of to-day's paper will be found the proceedings of the Democratic Editorial State Convention, for which we bespeak an attentive perusal. The democracy of this county are well aware, that, when the democratic party of Ohio raised the "bank reform" banner, in 1838, they were triumphantly victorious at the ensuing elections. The people were well satisfied, from past experience, that the old villanous banking system needed much reformation, in order to secure them from the almost daily loss of thousands of dollars; a loss resulting as well from the total failure of these rascally shaving shops, as from a partial depreciation in the nominal value of their "promises to pay." In accordance with the views and doctrines, at that time advocated, the democratic members of the General Assembly, at subsequent sessions of the Ohio legislature, passed laws which, it was supposed, would have the effect to make bankers honest men; or, in other words, to prevent the old system of bank swindling of "contractions to-day, and expansions to-morrow"- from ever being again fastened upon the people of this State. Laws were enacted making stockholders liable in their individual capacity for the debts of a bank, in case of failure, as well as other laws equally salutary. When these laws were passed, it was thought that the people would, thereafter, be secured from losses by bank failures, and bank suspensions; and that all banks thereafter chartered would have engrafted in their charters these salutary provisions. But how have the people been disappointed in their hopes and expectations? Would bankers accept of charters with the individual liability clause? No. The determination of the moneyed aristocracy of this State was to grind down the people by enormous taxes, by bank failures, and bank suspensions, until they should be brought to tamely submit to any banking proposition that might be brought forward. The result has been, that by "deception, corruption, and accident," the bank power of the State has once more gained the ascendency in our legislative halls. Immediately, all the salutary measures, demanded by the people, were repealed; and a system of banking enforced upon the people only equalled by the old defunct banks of Gallipolis, West Union, and a host of others. Who does not recollect, and, not only recollect, but, by experience, know the thousands, and we might safely say millions, lost to the people of Ohio, by the explosion of such dens of iniquity as the Bank of Cincinnati, German Bank of Wooster, Bank of Steubenville, Bank of Granville, Bank of Urbana, Bank of Gallipolis, Bank of West Union, Miami Exporting Company, new Bank of Circleville, Lebanon Miami Bank, Bank of Cleveland, Commercial Bank of Lake Erie, Commercial Bank of Scioto, and a long list of others in this State, together with the losses sustained by the failure of the banks of the States of Illinois, Michigan, and others; and we might particularly mention as "last though not least," the Bank of St. Clair, familiarly known as the *Red-dog* bank? Have the people, we ask, forgotten all their losses occasioned by the failure of these institutions? No. They feel that forbearance will soon cease to be a virtue; and will, ere long, speak in tones of thunder to those nabobs of the bank-paper-mills, whose only rule of action seems