First National Bank - Rochester, NY

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: national
Bank ID: 527
Charter Number: 527
Start Date: August 25, 1884
Location: Rochester, New York (43.155, -77.616)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: ea47d86d

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Description

Article (dated 1884-08-26) reports that an action was commenced for appointment of a receiver for the First National Bank of Rochester and that the bank's safe was opened by an examiner. The article does not explicitly describe a depositor run or an explicit suspension of payments, but the presence of receiver proceedings indicates the bank was being taken into receivership/closure. Classified as suspension_closure because the bank moves to receivership/closure with no mention of a run.

Events (3)

1. October 8, 1864 Chartered

Source: historical_nic

2. August 9, 1872 Voluntary Liquidation

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3. August 25, 1884 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: Eliza Glenn commenced an action in the Supreme Court for the appointment of a receiver for the First National Bank.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. August 26, 1884 The Salt Lake Herald Salt Lake City, UT

Article from The Salt Lake Herald, August 26, 1884

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Article Text

Burrows' Business. Rochester, 25 -A schedule of the Burrows extate at Albion, as 19 ex isted IL 1879, the date of Burrows' death shows he estate was $1,750,000. The safe of the bank was opened to-day. Examiner Williams refuses to reveal the contents Eliza Glenn commenced an action in the Supreme Court for the appointment of a receiver for the First National Bank.