... Society of Pennsylvania; Patterson, “Ten and One-Half Years,” 45-46, and Caleb Cushing, Speeches Delivered in the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, on the Subject of the Currency and Public ... Failures and Assistance Transactions, Number of Institutions, 1934–2010, FDIC Historical Statistics on Banking; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Number of Institutions, Branches and Total ... crises relatively unscathed. All else constant, small banks are less able to withstand economic shocks than larger ones.91 The existence of numerous, fully autonomous little banks at times...