Boatmen's Saving Bank - St Louis, MO

Episode Information

Episode UID: 3673040190931
Episode Type: Run Only
Bank Type: savings
Bank ID: 367304019 hash
Start Date: July 14, 1877
Location: St Louis, Missouri (38.627, -90.198)

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Model: gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest: 39fc0e11c941673c

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Events (1)

1. July 14, 1877 Run

Cause: Local Banks
Cause Details: Runs occurred contemporaneously with the suspension of the Butchers' and Drovers' Bank and runs on several other local banks.
Measures: Withdrawals were promptly met by the bank.
Newspaper Excerpt: There was a run on the Boatmen's saving bank, to-day, but it was promptly met, as was the run on half a dozen other banks.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. July 16, 1877 Daily Kennebec Journal Augusta, ME

Article from Daily Kennebec Journal, July 16, 1877

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Article Text

MISSOURI. Suspension. ST. LOUIS, July 14. B. H. Chambers, president of the Butchers' and Drovers' bank, announces the suspension of that institution. Bank Matters. There was a run on the Boatmen's saving bank, to-day, but it was promptly met, as was the run on half a dozen other banks.

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Article Text

Bank runs are almost always and everywhere a deterioration of bank fundamentals.

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