Article Text
Another rotten pillar of Republi- canism has fallen. Gen. Coggswell, Speaker of the Massachusetts Sen- ate, embezzled $12,000 while acting as Receiver of the Sandwich Savings Bank.
8220. Sandwich Savings Bank (Sandwich, MA)
Bank Information
- Episode Type
- Suspension → Closure
- Bank Type
- savings bank
- Start Date
- October 30, 1879
- Location
- Sandwich, Massachusetts (41.759, -70.494)
Metadata
- Model
- gpt-5-mini
- Short Digest
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Response Measures
None
Description
Article (Oct 30, 1879) reports that Gen. Coggswell, acting as Receiver of the Sandwich Savings Bank, embezzled $12,000. This indicates the bank had a receiver (i.e., was closed/in receivership) due to adverse bank-specific problems. No run is mentioned.
Events (1)
1.
October 30, 1879
Receivership
- Newspaper Excerpt
- Gen. Coggswell, Speaker of the Massachusetts Senate, embezzled $12,000 while acting as Receiver of the Sandwich Savings Bank.
- Source
- newspapers
Newspaper Articles (1)
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