Braddock Trust Company - Braddock, PA

Bank Information

Episode Type: Run Only
Bank Type: trust company
Start Date: January 14, 1882
Location: Braddock, Pennsylvania (40.404, -79.869)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: cbb6fa15

Response Measures

Accommodated withdrawals, Public signal of financial health

Description

Single article (Pittsburgh Post cited) reports a run on Jan 14, 1882. Bank described as perfectly solvent; $50,000 in greenbacks were sent to support it. No suspension, reopening, or receivership mentioned.

Events (1)

1. January 14, 1882 Run

Cause Details: Article does not specify a trigger or rumor; simply reports heavy withdrawals and precautionary shipment of $50,000 in greenbacks.
Measures: $50,000 in greenbacks were sent to the bank as precautionary support.
Newspaper Excerpt: THERE was a run on the Braddock Trust Company yesterday from ten until three o'clock. ... The bank is in a perfectly solvent condition and $50,000 in greenbacks were sent out to it yesterday afternoon in case they should be needed to-day.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. January 19, 1882 The Stark County Democrat Canton, OH

Article from The Stark County Democrat, January 19, 1882

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Article Text

THERE was a run on the Braddock Trust Company yesterday from ten until three o'clock. There are prospects of another run to-day. The bank is in a perfectly solvent condition and $50,000 in greenbacks were sent out to it yesterday afternoon in case they should be needed to-day.-[Pittsburgh Post, January 14.