Waverly Bank (Waverly, NY)

Episode Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Start Date
September 16, 1857
Location
Waverly, New York (42.013, -76.540)
Bank Type
state

Metadata

Episode ID
Bank ID
City ID
Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest

Notes

Article lists the bank among many 'failed or suspended' institutions; outcome (failure vs temporary suspension) is unclear.

Events (1)
1. September 16, 1857 Suspension
Cause
Macro News
Cause Details
Listed among multiple 'broken banks' during the financial disturbances of September 1857 (panic of 1857).
Newspaper Excerpt
Waverly Bank, Waverly, N. Y.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)
1. September 16, 1857 The Star of the North Bloomsburg, PA
Article from The Star of the North, September 16, 1857

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Article Text

Broken Banks. The following is a list of banks that are said to have either failed or suspended, which the public would do well to refuse until something more definite is known about them: Rhode Island Central Bank, East Greenwich. Tiverton Bank, Tiverton, R. I. Farmers' Bank, Nickford, " Warren Co. Bank, Warren, Pa. Kanawba Bank, Virginia. Hancock Bank, Maine. Waverly Bank, Waverly, N. Y. Winstead Bank, Winstead, Ct. Farmers' Bank, Saratoga, N. Y. Henesdale Bank, Pa. Mercantile Bank, Ct. Perth Amboy Bank, N.J. Woosters Bank, Ct. Chemung Co. Bank, Horseheads, N. Y. Hollister Bank, Buffaloe, N.Y. Owego Bank, N. Y. Buffaloe City Bank, N. Y. Reciprocity Bank, " White, Oliver, Lee & Co.'s Bank, Buffaloe N. Y. Farmers' Bank of Providence, R. i.

2. September 16, 1857 The Star of the North Bloomsburg, PA
Article from The Star of the North, September 16, 1857

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Article Text

Broken Banks. The following is a list of banks that are said to have either failed or suspended, which the public would do well to refuse until something more definite is known about them: Rhode Island Central Bank, East Greenwich. Tiverton Bank, Tiverton, R.I. Farmers' Bank, Nickford, " Warren Co. Bank, Warren, Pa. Kanawba Bank, Virginia. Hancock Bank, Maine. Waverly Bank, Waverly, N.Y. Winstead Bank, Winstead, Ct. Farmers' Bank, Saratoga, N. Y. Honesdale Bank, Pa. Mercantile Bank, Ct. Perth Amboy Bank, N. J. Woosters Bank, Ct. Chemung Co. Bank, Horseheade, N. Y., Hollister Bank, Buffaloe, N. Y. Owego Bank, N. Y. Buffaloe City Bank, N. Y. C Reciprocity Bank, White, Oliver, Lee & Co.'s Bank, Buffaloe N.Y. Farmers' Bank of Providence, R. I.