Castleton National Bank - Castleton, VT

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: national
Bank ID: 1598
Charter Number: 1598
Start Date: January 22, 1892
Location: Castleton, Vermont (43.611, -73.180)

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Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: f7d31703fc3b9894

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Description

Article (Vermont Phoenix, 1892-01-22) states the national bank at Castleton has gone into voluntary liquidation. No run is mentioned; this is a voluntary suspension leading to closure/liquidation.

Events (3)

1. October 21, 1865 Chartered

Source: historical_nic

2. January 22, 1892 Suspension

Cause: Voluntary Liquidation
Cause Details: Bank has entered voluntary liquidation (declared to be in voluntary liquidation in the article).
Newspaper Excerpt: The national bank at Castleton has gone into voluntary liquidation.
Source: newspapers

3. January 22, 1892 Voluntary Liquidation

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Newspaper Articles (1)

1. January 22, 1892 Vermont Phœnix Brattleboro, Bellows Falls, Ludlow, VT

Article from Vermont Phœnix, January 22, 1892

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Article Text

water. The national bank at Castleton has gone into voluntary liquidation. The result was not entirely unexpected. Dennis Manchester's farm house and barns, with their contents. at Norwich, were burned Sunday afternoon. The 22d annual convention of the state Spiritualist association was held at Waterbury last week. Dennis Hayes has been held in $700 bail at Burlington for criminal assault on the little daughter of Mr. Daley. John Bernor of Brandon, while running, fell against a pile of wood. producing a scalp wound and fracturing his collar bone. The value of merchandise entered at the port of Island Pond during last month was $1,376,693.11, and the duties secured amounted to $591,210.02. Rutland had another robbery on Sunday, when Fenn's drug store on Centre street was broken into and $15 in cash, two revolvers and two flasks were taken. The new Masonic hall at Bridport was dedicated last Friday with impressive ceremonies. Many of the officers of the grand lodge of Vermont were present. Albert G. Strong, a prominent hardware merchant of Burlington, died on Monday of pneumonia, at the age of 67. He was a native of Shelburne but had been in business at Burlington for many years. The First Congregational church at Rutland, which was rededicated last week, has been extensively remodeled. The cost was $16,000, and the audience room is thought to be second to none in the state. Michael Sullivan, who inflicted fatal injuries upon George Kane in a scrimmage at Burlington in 1889, has been pardoned by Gov. Page. Sullivan's sentence was for seven years. The comptroller of the currency has declared a fifth dividend, 7 per cent, in favor of the creditors of the Vermont national bank of St. Albans, making in all 743 per cent on claims proved, amounting to $418,938.69. Mrs. Mary Hall, who died recently at Isle La Motte at the age of 82, lived within 10 miles of a railroad, but never saw a train, never rode on a steamboat, and left the island but twice during her married life. The log booms of the Weybridge pulp company on New Haven and Otter rivers gave way during the high water of last Friday, and it is feared that the logs will be carried into Lake Champlain. It is estimated that 50,000 logs are lodged near Weybridge.