16643. Tradesmens Trust Company (Philadelphia, PA)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
trust
Start Date
January 1, 1911*
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (39.952, -75.164)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
abf75a18dca6957f

Response Measures

None

Description

Articles report the Tradesmens Trust Company as defunct with receivers administering final accounts and distributing funds. No mention of a depositor run in these articles; the bank was in receivership and closed. The court docket references 1911 (case No. 219), and receivers' final accounting was filed in 1917.

Events (3)
1. January 1, 1911* Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
In the Matter of the Fifth and final Account of Percy M. Chandler, Receiver. ... Receiver of the Tradesmen's Trust Company.
Source
newspapers
2. June 22, 1917 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
The Auditors ... will meet the parties interested ... on Monday, July 9, 1917, at 11 o'clock A. M., at No. 1730 Land Title Building in the city of Philadelphia,
Source
newspapers
3. August 29, 1917 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
Receivers for the defunct Tradesmens Trust Company, of Philadelphia, today filed their final accounting in the Dauphin County Court at Harrisburg, showing on hand receipts amounting in all to $42,159.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)
1. June 23, 1917 Harrisburg Telegraph Harrisburg, PA
Article from Harrisburg Telegraph, June 23, 1917

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Article Text

In the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County, Pa. - No. 219 Commonwealth Docket, 1911 - Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Ex Rel. John C. Bell, Attorney General, vs. Tradesmen's Trust Company. In the Matter of the Fifth and final Account of Percy M. Chandler, Receiver. THE Auditors appointed by the Court to audit, settle and adjust the Fifth and Final Account of Percy M. Chandler, Receiver of the Tradesmen's Trust Company, and to make distribution of the balance in the hands of the Accountant, will meet the parties interested for the purpose of their appointment on Monday, July 9, 1917, at 11 o'clock A. M., at No. 1730 Land Title Building in the city of Philadelphia, when and where all parties interested are required to make and prove their claims or be debarred from coming in upon said fund. EUGENE SNYDER, HENRY S. BORNEMAN, Auditors. June 22, 1917.

2. August 29, 1917 Evening Public Ledger Philadelphia, PA
Article from Evening Public Ledger, August 29, 1917

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Article Text

Receivers File Final Account Receivers for the defunct Tradesmens Trust Company, of Philadelphia, today filed their final accounting in the Dauphin County Court at Harrisburg, showing on hand receipts amounting in all to $42.159. This is equal to 4 per cent for the creditors. The receivers are Henry S. Borneman, Philadelphia, and Eugene Snyder, Harrisburg.