Hopkinton Bank - Westerly, RI

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: December 1, 1861
Location: Westerly, Rhode Island (41.378, -71.827)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: d10da726

Response Measures

None

Description

OCR'd 19th-century notice: court decree (Providence Supreme Court) directs holders to present claims to the Receiver of Hopkinton Bank; indicates a receiver was appointed and the bank is in receivership/closed. Dates in the notice appear as Dec 1, 1861 (decree entry). Newspaper OCR contains errors (e.g., '1963' should be 1863/1861 context), but the decree entry line gives Dec. 1, 1861. Classified as suspension leading to closure (receivership) with no mention of a depositor run.

Events (2)

1. December 1, 1861 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: bring in and present the bills of said Hopkinton Bank and their claims upon said Receiver ... Entered as the decree of Court 42d day ... By order. JOHN A. GARDNER, Clerk.
Source: newspapers

2. December 1, 1861 Suspension

Cause: Government Action
Cause Details: Court decree (Providence Supreme Court) ordering notice to bill-holders and claimants to present claims to the Receiver; bank placed in receivership by court.
Newspaper Excerpt: It is adjudced, ordered and decreed that the said Dixon cause a notice to be published ... to bring in and present the bills of said Hopkinton Bank and their claims upon said Receiver, at the Hopkinton Bank in Westerly ...
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. December 25, 1864 Chicago Tribune Chicago, IL

Article from Chicago Tribune, December 25, 1864

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Article Text

HIRAM F. MATHER. Master in Chancery of the Superior Court of Chicago. E. 8. SMITH, Compl'ts Solicitor. del5-ban-to jan 12 # PROVIDENCE S. C. Supreme Court. SEPTEVERE TERN, A. D. 1861. Upon the application of Nathan F. Dixon for an order of notice to the bill-holders of the Hopkinton Bank and claim-nts upon the Receiver. It is adjudced, ordered and decreed that the said Dixon cause a notice to be published in the Providence Journs, Chicago Tribune and New York Tri-bune, directing the holders of the bil's of sald Hopkinton Bank and the calmants upon the Receiver thereof, to bring in end present the bills of gald Bank, and their cisims upon sald Receiver, at the Hopkinton Bank in Westerly, on or betore the fifteenth day of March, 1963, or their claims shali be forever barred na against End Receiver; shid 1 otice to he published for at lost two months after the fifteenth day of Docomber, 1961. Entered as the decree of Court 42d day 5. T. 1561, (Dec. 1.) By order. del5-bs5-2m 18 JOHN A. GARDNER, Clerk.