5456. Bank of Rockport (Rockport, IN)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Reopening
Bank Type
state
Start Date
July 4, 1855
Location
Rockport, Indiana (37.884, -87.053)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
2e77231f9ece5fb2

Response Measures

None

Description

Contemporary newspapers (July 1855) list the Bank of Rockport among Indiana 'suspended free Banks' that have resumed payment. The articles do not describe a run or the cause of the original suspension, only that it has resumed/redemption of notes. Classified as a suspension followed by reopening. 'Free bank' indicates a state (Indiana) free bank.

Events (2)
1. July 4, 1855 Reopening
Newspaper Excerpt
The following is a list of the suspended banks which have resumed ... Bank of Rockport; ... (reported July 4–6, 1855).
Source
newspapers
2. * Suspension
Cause Details
Previously suspended (listed among 'suspended free Banks'); original cause not specified in the articles.
Newspaper Excerpt
listed among the suspended banks which have resumed
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)
1. July 4, 1855 The Daily Dispatch Richmond, VA
Article from The Daily Dispatch, July 4, 1855

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Article Text

INDIANA FREE BANKS.- The Auditor of Indiana announces that the circulating notes of the North Western Bank of Bloomfield and of the Steuben County Bank of Angola, are redeemed at his office The following is a list of the suspended banks which have resumed and of those which are redeeming their paper: Shawnee Bank. at Attica, resumed Bank of South Bend, do: Tippecanoe Bank, do; Bank of Fort Wayne, redeemed at Branch Bank, Indianapolis ; Upper Wabash Bank Stark County Bank: Bank of Rockport; North Western Bank: Steuben County Bank, redeemed at office of Auditor of State; Great Western Bank, redeemed at Terre Haute.

2. July 6, 1855 Indiana American Brookville, Indianapolis, IN
Article from Indiana American, July 6, 1855

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Article Text

The following list of Indiana suspended free Banks have resumed payment: Shawnee Bank, at Attica. Bank of South Bend. Tippecanoe Bank. Bank of Fort Wayne, redeemed at Branch Bank Indianapolis. Upper Wabash Bank. Stark County Bank. Bank of Rockport. North Western Bank. Steuben County Bank, redeemed at office of Auditor of State. Great Western Bank, redeemed at Terre Haute.