6249. 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
4f64bbf1

Response Measures

None

Description

Contemporary newspapers list the Bank of Rockport among suspended Indiana free banks that have resumed payment in early July 1855. No mention of a depositor run, receivership, or cause for the suspension is given in the clippings; classified as a suspension followed by reopening.

Events (2)
1. July 4, 1855 Reopening
Newspaper Excerpt
The following is a list of Indiana suspended free Banks have resumed payment: ... Bank of Rockport (reported July 4-6, 1855).
Source
newspapers
2. * Suspension
Cause Details
Article lists the bank among suspended free banks but gives no reason for the suspension
Newspaper Excerpt
The following is a list of the suspended banks which have resumed ... Bank of Rockport
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.