Upper Wabash Bank (Wabash, IN)

Episode Information

Episode UID
2044400990659
Episode Type
Suspension โ†’ Closure
Bank Type
private
Bank ID
204440099 hash
Start Date
November 7, 1854
Location
Wabash, Indiana (40.798, -85.821)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
e57a042ad37a25e2

Response Measures

None

Description

OCR 'pension' in Article 1 corrected to 'suspension'; evidence suggests the bank ceased paying and remained non-paying into Jan 1855 but no receiver explicitly named.

Events (3)

1. November 7, 1854 Suspension
Cause
Local Banks
Cause Details
Part of a wave of failures among Indiana free (local) banks; Upper Wabash ceased paying notes and was listed under protest/non-payment.
Newspaper Excerpt
telegraphic despatch from Indianopolis reports the pension of the Wayne Bank, Logansport; State Stock Bk of Indiana, Peru; and the Upper Wabash Bank, Wabash.
Source
newspapers
2. November 24, 1854 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
Seven more Indiana Banks under protest, viz: ... Upper Wabash Bank, Wabash; ... Look out for more soon!-Dye's Bank Mirror, Nov. 15th, 1854.
Source
newspapers
3. January 10, 1855 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
The following portion of the Third Class... FIFTEEN PER CENT. DISCOUNT. ... Upper Wabash Bank, Wabash.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (3)

Article from The New York Herald, November 8, 1854

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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. MONEY MARKET. TURSDAY, Nov. 7-6 P. M. There was a heavy market this morning, both in exont of transactions and in prices. At the first board, Rimois Central Bonds fell off % per cent; Delaware and Budson, 3/2; Canton Company, %; Nicaragua Transit, 1/4; Reveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad, 16; Erie allroad, %; Harlem. 1/2. In Erie to-day the sales were on eller's option and for cash-in Reading Railroad, all for ash. There were very few buyer's option to-day in any f the fancies. The heaviest security on the list to-day ras Illinois Central Bonds. Bank stocks continue to be reely offered, and sell freely in small lots Rithout affect. Pg prices much. There were no transactions in Cumerland at the first board, and but one in Nicaragua ransit. The market appears to have taken a downward arn since the complexion of the last bank statement scame known, but we do not see anything in these rearns calculated to produce a depression like that ralized. The amount of specie in hand shows on inrease in the face of large shipments, and the dividend epartment shows a moderate falling off in amount This ovement is certainly one of additional strength, and by means calculated to create additional apprehension lative to the future course of financial afairs. The fincipal cause of the low prices ruling for most of the ading fancy stocks is the absence of purchasers. There tually no buyers in the market, and there are very w sellers. Occasionally a bear will make his appearnee, and put out a few contracts and then retire. A all sometimes comes out and buys pretty freely, and en disappears. In this way the market is kept alive. few strong determined bears would depress prices soously, while on the other hand a few bulls would cause tite an inflation. The bears are afraid to put out long d large contracts at currentrates. and the bulls have t the means to enter the market as purchasers. There very little doubt but that many stocks on the list are eap at our quotations; but as no one has Tale capital, one troubles them, and they *** therefore much glected. After the adjournment of the board the ing sales stocks and bonds were made by Sinson Drape: 70 Shares Del., Lackaw & Western 30 do. Third Avenue MR Co St do. Market Fire Ins. Co, 71 do. Park Fire Ins. Co. 82 do. Central Bank, New York 000 7 per cent Bonds of nion Co., Ohio, maturing 70 1865, int. payable in New York At the second board there was no change in the arket worth noticing. There were only 2 few sales ade. The number of cash transaction at both boards -day was comparatively large. The tendency this ternoon was slightly upwards. It is with pleasure that we announce the resumption the house of Blatchford & Rainsford, brokers, of all street, and the fact that'the senior partier, James Blatchford, Esq., has taken his eat again at the ard. This house suspended last July under elvenic. inces which created a great deal of sympathy in the blie mind. The frauds of Robert Schuyler came upon community like a thunderbolt in the midst of sun ine, carrying destruction in its course. Connected AN at stupendous swindler was with nearly every house n street, of extensive business, there were numero avy losses, and many were compelled to suspend. We understand that the Michigan Central Railroad mpany will pay the next semi-annual dividend in bon tead of cash. The net earnings will be used for Imovements, &c. This appears to be the policy of the The Pennsylvania Coal Company have declared a se it. nual dividend of five per cent; the,New York Floating Dock Company, a semi-annual dividend of seven per at; the Boott Mills, of Lowell, four per cent. The Mechanics' Bank has given notice that that porn of the new stock not subscribed for by the old stoc' ders on or before the first of November, is required sold at public auction; and that S. Draper will sell, Merchants' Exchange, at 12 o'clock, noon, on Friday 10th inst., sixteen hundred and sixty-six shares of d new stock, (being chiefly small parcels, which could be subscribed by executors, trustees, &c.) The capi is $2,000,000, divided into 80,000 shares, of $25 each terms of sale are, twenty-five per cent cash on the of sale, (on which day the purchaser will be re red to sign the articles of association,) and the ance on the 30th December next. Cleveland and Toledo Railroad receipts for $85,079.00 Detober were 59,608 00 ainst October last year Increase, (45 per cent) $25,471.00 receipts of the Cleveland, Columbus and incinnati Railroad for August, September nd October were $339,640.00 334,269 00 ne time last year Increase. $5,371 00 October gave $120,000 against $113,897 last year. telegraphic despatch from Indianopolis reports the pension of the Wayne Bank, Logansport; State Stock ik of Indiana, Peru; and the Upper Wabash Bank, bash. These are the only ones named in the deseh, but the fact is there is not a solvent bank in that te, formed under the free banking law. The only safe rse to pursue is to refuse every bank bill that has adiana " upon it; and it will be necessary to look FP to discover that. In getting up the plates for the of the free banks of that State, the word Indi" has been placed upon it so that it would not be lily seen. The object of this was to deceive. The cinnati Gazette of a late date says:gentleman who returned from Indiana yesterday, rmed us only six of the free banks are now pay coin for paper. The notes of such as will not em promptly cannot be made to circulate as money


Article from The Kalida Venture, November 24, 1854

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bas Latest Banks Failed. The Bank of Circleville, Ohio, is said to have failed-also The Farmers' Bank, of Chicago, Ill. The Exchange Bank, Buffalo, N. Y. The Canal Bank, Cleveland, Ohio. The City Bank of Columbus, Ohio, suspended this morning. The Woodbury Bank, Woodbury, Con nec:icut, thrown out at the Suffolk Bank Seven more Indiana Banks under protest, viz: Wayne Bank, Logansport; State Stock Bank of Indiana, Peru; Upper Wabash Bank, Wabash; Perry county Bank, Cannelton; Steuben county Bank, Angola; Traders Bank, Terre Haute; Great Western Bank, Terre Haute, Look out for more soor!-Dye's Bank Mirror, Nov. 15th, 1854.


Article from Plymouth Banner, January 18, 1855

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From the State Journal. Indiana Free Banks. CORRECTED WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY Evening, Jan. 10. The Bank of the Capitol and the Farmers and Mechanics' Bank to-day receive on deposit at par, only the bills of the following named Banks: CLASS NO. 1. Bank of Indiana, Michigan City, Bank of Syracuse, Syracuse. Bank of Rockville, Rockville. Bank of the Capitol, Indianapolis. Bank of Salem, (south,) Salem. Bank of Brookville, Brookville. Bank of Monticello, Monticello. Bank of Goshen, Goshen. Bank of Elkhart, Elkhart. Bank of Mt. Vernon, Mt. Vernon, Bank of Warsaw, Warsaw, Cambridge City Bank, Cambridge. Central Bank, Indianapolis. Central Bank, Evansville. Crescent City Bank, Evansville. Farmers Bank, Westfield. Farmers & Mechanics Bank, Indianapolis. Fayette County Bank, Connersville. Grammercy Bank, Lafayette. Government Stock Bank, " Hoosier Bank, Logansport. Indiana Bank, Madison. Indiana Stock Bank, Laporte. Kalamazoo Bank, Albion. Kentucky Stock Bank, Columbus. Lagrange Bank, Lima. Laurel Bank, Laurel. Merchants and Mechanics Bank, New Albany. New York and Virginia State Stock Bank, Evansville. Prairie City Bank, Terre Haute. Salem Bank, (north) Salem. Southern Bank of Indiana, Terre Haute. Savings Bank, Connersville. Traders bank, Indianapolis. CLASS NO. 2. Agricultural Bank, Mt. Sterling. Bank of Rochester, Rochester. Bank of Rensselear, Rensselear. Bank of Rockport, Rockport. Bank of Perrysville, Perrysville. Bank of Attica, Attica. Bank of North America, Clinton. Delaware County Bank, Muncie. Farmers and Mechanics Bank, Rensselear. Green County Bank, Bloomfield. Huntington county Bank, Huntington. Indiana Reserve Bank, Kokomo. N. Y. State Stock Bank, Vincennes. Perry Co. B'k, Cannelton. Pub. Stock Bk, Newport. People's Bk, Lima, Lima. Shawnee Bk, Attica, State Stock Bk, Jamestown. State Stock Security Bk, Newport. State Stock Bk, Marion. Syracuse Bk, Syracuse. Trader's Bk, Nashville. Tippecanoe Bk, Winnemac. Wabash River Bk, Jasper. Wabash River Bk, Newville. Wabash River Bk, New Corrydon. Wabash Valley Bk, Logansport. Western Bk, Plymouth. The First Class embraces those which redeem their bills in coin. The Second comprises those which have, at times, declined to pay Brokers and "Bank runners," but which are based on 5 per cent. stocks, and whose proprietors give care and attention to them. Many of our business men have restricted their receipts to the First Class. Others are gradually curtailing the Second Class, and it is probable that, in a short time, all which are not by their owners made equal to those in the First Class by prompt redemption of their notes in specie, will be rejected as uncurrent. The following named Banks are those which, it is understood, make no payment of their notes to any one, and which are, most of them, secured by 5 per cent. Indiana Bonds. The discount at which their paper will be received, will depend on the selling price of their stocks in New York. The following portion of the Third Class have been taken to-day on deposit at the Bank of the Capitol and the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank, at FIFTEEN PER CENT. DISCOUNT. Bank of Covington, Covington. Bank of South Bend, South Bend. Bank of Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne. Elkhart Co. Bank, Goshen. Farmers' Bank, Jasper. Northwestern Bank, Bloomfield. Steuben Co. Bank, Angola. Upper Wabash Bank, Wabash. Wayne Bank, Logansport. Wayne Bank, Richmond. Great Western Bank, Terre Haute. Starke Co. Bank, Knox. The following named have been received on deposit to-day at the Bank of the Capitol and the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank, at THIRTY PER CENT. DISCOUNT. Bank of Albany, New Albany. Bank of T. Wadsworth, Michigan City. Bank of North America, Newport. Bank of Auburn, Auburn. Atlantic Bank, Jackson. Bank of Albion, Albion. Bank of Connersville, Connersville. Bank of America, Morocco. Bank of Bridgeport, Bridgeport. Drovers' Bank, Rome. Merchants' Bank, Springfield. Merchants' Bank, Lafayette. Northern Indiana Bank, Logansport. Orange Bank, Poseyville. Plymouth Bank, Plymouth. State Stock Bank, Logansport. State Stock Bank, Peru. Traders' Bank, Terre Haute.