The information in this section is based on the following newspaper accounts of the collapse of the Lexington Savings Bank: The Baltimore Sun, March 10, 1897, pg. 8; The Baltimore Sun, March 15, 1897; The Baltimore Sun, March 18, 1897; The Baltimore Sun, March 19, 1897; The Baltimore Morning Herald, March 9, 1897, p.11; The Baltimore Morning Herald, March 10, 1897, p. 11; The Baltimore Morning Herald, March 19, 1897, p. 11; The Baltimore American and Commercial Advertiser, March 13, 1897, p. 2; The Ellicott City Times, April 9, 1898.


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