City Bank - Philadelphia, PA

Bank Information

Episode Type: Run Only
Bank Type: state
Start Date: November 11, 1865
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (39.952, -75.164)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 38d561a723b94476

Response Measures

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Description

Short item (Nov 11, 1865) states 'The City Bank was run under the General Banking Law' and that its securities are deposited with the State Treasurer for redemption of its bills. No explicit suspension, reopening, or receivership is mentioned. OCR typo 'redeemod' corrected to 'redeemed'.

Events (1)

1. November 11, 1865 Run

Cause Details: Article does not give a cause for the run; simply reports the bank 'was run' and securities deposited with State Treasurer.
Measures: Securities deposited with the State Treasurer for the redemption of its bills.
Newspaper Excerpt: The City Bank was run under the General Banking Law. The securities are deposited with the State Treasurer for the redemption of its bills.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. November 13, 1865 Cleveland Daily Leader Cleveland, OH

Article from Cleveland Daily Leader, November 13, 1865

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Article Text

are redeemod at the Merchant's National Bank. The City Bank was run under the General Banking Law. The securities are deposited with the State Treasurer for the redemption of its bills. Base Ball Match. PHILADELPHIA, November 11.-The Athletic Base Ball Club met the Keystone Club to-day, and beat them in a gameof7 innings. The score stood 49 to 5. One thousand persons witnessed the game, Died. PHILADELPHIA, November 11.-Colonel A. H. Bowman, of the United States Corps of Engineers, died at his residence in Wilkesbarre, Pa., this morning. He superintended the building of Fort Sumter, and at the time of his death was President of the Board of Engineers, charged with remodeling the coast fortifications.