Article Text
Bank of Fulton, Atlanta, suspended on the 17th. At last advices the North-westorn Bank of Georgia, at Ringgold, was paying. "The Panie" is levelling things pretty rapidly, the wild-cats holding out as long as the larger animals.
2678. Bank of Fulton (Atlanta, GA)
Bank Information
- Episode Type
- Suspension → Closure
- Bank Type
- state
- Start Date
- October 17, 1857
- Location
- Atlanta, Georgia (33.749, -84.388)
Metadata
- Model
- gpt-5-mini
- Short Digest
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Response Measures
None
Description
Article (Oct 23, 1857) states Bank of Fulton, Atlanta, suspended on the 17th in the context of The Panic of 1857. No mention of a depositor run or reopening in provided text; classified as suspension leading to closure (no reopening reported).
Events (1)
1.
October 17, 1857
Suspension
- Cause
- Macro News
- Cause Details
- Suspension occurred during the Panic of 1857; contextual language links suspension to the wider panic/financial crisis affecting banks broadly rather than bank-specific failure mechanisms.
- Newspaper Excerpt
- Bank of Fulton, Atlanta, suspended on the 17th. ... The Panie is levelling things pretty rapidly
- Source
- newspapers
Newspaper Articles (1)
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