Milford Five Cents Savings Bank (Milford, NH)

Episode Information

Episode UID
54010271117
Episode Type
Suspension โ†’ Closure
Bank Type
savings
Bank ID
5401027 routing
Routing Number
54-0102
Start Date
January 1, 1893*
Location
Milford, New Hampshire (42.835, -71.649)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
d32ad54962558dee

Response Measures

None

Description

Articles refer to the institution as Milford Savings Bank and indicate failure in the 1893 panic; name variant noted.

Events (3)

1. January 1, 1893* Suspension
Cause
Macro News
Cause Details
Closed as a result of the nationwide 1893 panic which forced the bank to cease operations.
Newspaper Excerpt
the panic, which forced the bank to close its doors.
Source
newspapers
2. April 10, 1905 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
The affairs of the Milford Savings Bank ... have been wound up by the assignees who, today, filed their final accounting in the Hillsboro county court.
Source
newspapers
3. May 3, 1905 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
Assignee Carl E. Knight of the Milford Savings bank today paid a final dividend of four per cent to depositors, thus closing out the affairs of the institution.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)

Article from Daily Kennebec Journal, April 11, 1905

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Article Text

AFFAIRS CLOSED. Bank Failures of 1893 Wound Up By Assignees. Manchester. N. H.. April 10.-The affairs of the Milford Savings Bank of Milford: Wilton Savings Bank of Wilton and Bank of New England of this city, have been wound up by the assignees who, today. filed their final accounting in the Hillsboro county court. The Bank of New England depositors received 96 per cent. of their deposits; the Milford Bank has paid 99 per cent. and the Wilton Bank, 85 per cent. All three failed as the result of the 1893 panic which closed dozens of New Hampshire institutions.


Article from The Providence News, May 9, 1905

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Article Text

DEPOSITORS IN FAILED BANK RECEIVE 99 CENTS ON DOLLAR Milford, N. H., May 3.-Assignee Carl E. Knight of the Milford Savings bank today paid a final dividend of four per cent to depositors. thus closing out the affairs of the stitution. The bank had assets of $1,500,000 in 1893. the year of the panic, which forced the bank to close its doors. Depositors received in all 99 cents on the dollar.