1565. Saybrook Bank (Essex, CT)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Run Only
Bank Type
state
Start Date
December 25, 1906
Location
Essex, Connecticut (41.353, -72.391)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
ba8428de

Response Measures

Accommodated withdrawals, Capital injected

Description

Newspaper reports (Dec 1906/Jan 1907) state directors had to guarantee depositors to stop a run caused by a very large improper loan ($48,000 loan on estate worth $9,000). No suspension or permanent closure is mentioned; directors' guarantee quelled the run.

Events (1)

1. December 25, 1906 Run
Cause
Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details
Bank made a $48,000 loan to a man whose estate was worth only $9,000; this adverse lending discovery triggered withdrawals.
Measures
Directors guaranteed depositors (personal guarantee) to stop the run.
Newspaper Excerpt
Directors of the Saybrook Bank, of Essex, Conn., which loaned $48,000 to a man whose estate was only worth $9000, had to guarantee depositors to stop a run on the institution.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)

Article from The Morris County Chronicle, December 25, 1906

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Article Text

britBank Directors Liable. Directors of the Saybrook Bank, of Essex, Conn., which loaned $48,000 to a man whose estate was only worth $9000, had to guarantee depositors I to stop a run on the institution.


Article from The Abbeville Press and Banner, January 23, 1907

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Article Text

# Bank Directors Liable. Directors of the Saybrook Bank, of Essex, Conn., which loaned $48,000 to a man whose estate was only worth $9000, had to guarantee depositors to stop a run on the institution.