Southern Bank - New Orleans, LA

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Reopening
Bank Type: state
Start Date: January 3, 1856
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana (29.955, -90.075)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: ff1bbf9a

Response Measures

None

Description

Article reports the bank being closed for a recommended day of thanksgiving (temporary/holiday closure). No run or failure indicated; implies normal resumption of business afterward.

Events (1)

1. January 3, 1856 Suspension

Cause: Government Action
Cause Details: Closed because the Governor recommended a day of thanksgiving; business with several public institutions suspended for the day.
Newspaper Excerpt: The State Bank and Branch, the Bank of New Orleans, the Citizens' Bank and the Southern Bank, will be closed
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. January 3, 1856 New Orleans Daily Crescent New Orleans, LA

Article from New Orleans Daily Crescent, January 3, 1856

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Article Text

THURSDAY MORNING, JAN'Y 3, 1856. SEE FIRST PAGE. To-day being recommended by the Governor as B day of thanksgiving, business with several of the public institutions will be suspended. The State Bank and Branch, the Bank of New Orleans, the Citizens' Bank and the Southern Bank, will be closed, and & notice was posted up on the door of the Bank of Louisiana that it also would be closed. The others, it is presumed, will be open as usual. i 1