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Allowance for Credit Losses (Impaired Loans) (Details)	9 Months Ended
Allowance for Credit Losses (Impaired Loans) (Details)	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Nov. 01, 2021 USD ($)	Aug. 01, 2021 USD ($) loan	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Loan loss allowances, impaired financing receivable
Total troubled debt restructuring	$ 2,919,000			$ 5,821,000
Amount of loans with some degree of payment deferral		$ 226,831,000
Period of charge off for past due unsecured commercial loans	90 days
Paycheck protection program loans (COVID-19 program)
Loan loss allowances, impaired financing receivable
Period of time PPP loans cover payroll and certain other costs	168 days
Interest rate on receivable	1.00%
Number of loans \| loan			2,634
Amount of loans outstanding			$ 169,511,000
Paycheck protection program loans (COVID-19 program) \| Loans made prior to June 5, 2020
Loan loss allowances, impaired financing receivable
Term of receivable (in years)	2 years
Paycheck protection program loans (COVID-19 program) \| Loans made after June 5, 2020
Loan loss allowances, impaired financing receivable
Term of receivable (in years)	5 years
Real estate - mortgage \| Domestic \| Residential First Mortgage Financing Receivable [Member]
Loan loss allowances, impaired financing receivable
Total troubled debt restructuring	$ 1,934,000			4,078,000
Real estate - mortgage \| Domestic \| Residential Junior Lien
Loan loss allowances, impaired financing receivable
Total troubled debt restructuring	106,000			521,000
Consumer \| Domestic
Loan loss allowances, impaired financing receivable
Total troubled debt restructuring	862,000			989,000
Foreign. \| Foreign
Loan loss allowances, impaired financing receivable
Total troubled debt restructuring	$ 17,000			$ 233,000