19814. Hopkinton Bank (Westerly, RI)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
state
Start Date
*
Location
Westerly, Rhode Island (41.378, -71.827)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
2a8ac5a7

Response Measures

None

Description

Articles are legal notices referencing claimants and bill-holders to present claims 'upon the Receiver' of the Hopkinton Bank, indicating the bank was in receivership (i.e., closed and in liquidation). Dates in the notices contain OCR inconsistencies (various years 1861/1863/1865/1864 appear); newspaper publication dates are Dec 1864 and Jan 1865. No mention of a depositor run in these notices.

Events (1)
1. * Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
directing the holders of the bills of said Hopkinton Bank, and the claimants upon the Receiver thereof, to bring in and present the bills of said Bank, and their claims upon said Receiver, at the Hopkinton Bank in Westerly
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)
1. December 16, 1864 Chicago Tribune Chicago, IL
Article from Chicago Tribune, December 16, 1864

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Article Text

# Legal Notices. PROVIDENCE S. C.-Supreme Court. SEPTEMBER TERM, A. D. 1861. Upon the application of Nathan F. Dixon for an order of notice to the bill-holders of the Hopkinton Bank and claimants upon the Receiver. It is adjudged, ordered and decreed that the said Dixon cause a notice to be published in the Providence Journal, Chicago Tribune and New York Tribune, directing the holders of the bills of said Hopkinton Bank, and the claimants upon the Receiver thereof, to bring in and present the bills of said Bank, and their claims upon said Receiver, at the Hopkinton Bank in Westerly, on or before the fifteenth day of March, 1865, or their claims shall be forever barred as against said Receiver; said notice to be published for at least two months after the fifteenth day of December, 1861. Entered as the decree of Court 42d day S. T. 1851, (Dec. 1.) By order. de15-1862-2m is JOHN A. GARDNER, Clerk.

2. January 20, 1865 Chicago Tribune Chicago, IL
Article from Chicago Tribune, January 20, 1865

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Article Text

Legal Notices. # PROVIDENCE S. C.--Supreme SEPTEMBER 18TH. A. D. 1861. Upon the application of Nathan F. Dixon for an order of notice to the bill-holders of the Hopkinton Bank and claimants upon the Receiver. It is adjudged, ordered and decreed that the said Dixon cause a notice to be published in the Providence Journal, Chicago Tribune and New York Tribune, directing the holders of the bills of said Hopkinton Bank, and the claimants upon the Receiver thereof, to bring in and present the bills of said Bank, and their claims upon said Receiver, at the Hopkinton Bank in Westerly, on or before the fifteenth day of March, 1863, or their claims shall be forever barred as against said Receiver; said notice to be published for at least two months after the fifteenth day of December, 1864. Entered as the decree of Court 42d day S. T. 1861, (Dec. 1.) By order. JOHN A. GARDNER, Clerk.