New Britain Trust Company - New Britain, CT

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: trust company
Start Date: December 15, 1930
Location: New Britain, Connecticut (41.661, -72.780)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: c2cbd0c6

Response Measures

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Description

Article reports the New Britain Trust Co. was closed under order of Commissioner Shippee with no deposits or withdrawals allowed. No run is described; closure appears to be by regulatory action. Text is truncated/OCR-corrupted but context indicates a suspension/closing by government action.

Events (1)

1. December 15, 1930 Suspension

Cause: Government Action
Cause Details: Closed under order of Commissioner Shippee; deposits and withdrawals were not allowed by regulator.
Newspaper Excerpt: under the order of Commissioner Shippee no deposits or withdrawals allowed ... the New Britain Trust Co.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. December 15, 1930 New Britain Herald New Britain, CT

Article from New Britain Herald, December 15, 1930

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Article Text

NO EXCITEMENT TO BANK'S CLOSING (Continued From First Page) to accept payments on loans but under the order of Commissioner Shippee no deposits or withdrawals allowed. Outstanding are not yet due were not beng called said the New Britain Trust Co. \hich was open for business Saturnight the of the closing of the Trust felt "only very President