New York Life Insurance and Trust Company

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Life insurance company chartered in 1830. It was the first company in the United States to specialize in life insurance. In 1922 it merged with the Bank of New York, forming the Bank of New York and Trust Company.

From the description of Records, 1830-1878 (inclusive). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 269594198

Chartered in 1830, New York Life Insurance Company was the first company in the United States to specialize in life insurance. In 1922 it merged with the Bank of New York, forming the Bank of New York and Trust Company.

From the guide to the New York Life Insurance and Trust Company records, (inclusive)., 1830-1878, (Baker Library, Harvard Business School)

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Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Tucker, Pomeroy, 1802-1870. Mortagage, 1831 January 4. Harold B. Lee Library
creatorOf Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. Trade catalogs of insurance, 1850-1911. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
creatorOf New York Life Insurance and Trust Company records, (inclusive)., 1830-1878 Baker Library, Harvard Business School
referencedIn Pomeroy Tucker mortagage, 1831 L. Tom Perry Special Collections
referencedIn Charles Butler Papers, 1819-1929, (bulk 1825-1894) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn New York (State). Court of Chancery. Accounts of infants with the New York Life Insurance and Trust Company, 1832-1838. New York State Archives
referencedIn Lockman, DeWitt McClellan, 1870-1957,. [Map of the area later bounded by 10th and 12th Streets, Avenue A and 1st Avenue, Manhattan, New York (N.Y.)]. New-York Historical Society
creatorOf New York Life Insurance and Trust Company. Records, 1830-1878 (inclusive). Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library
referencedIn Learned Hand papers Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Allen, Stephens. person
associatedWith Allen, Stephens. person
associatedWith Bank of the Manhattan Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Bard, William, 1778-1853. person
associatedWith Butler, Charles, 1802-1897. person
associatedWith Hand, Learned, 1872-1961 person
associatedWith H. & D. Parish. corporateBody
associatedWith H. & D. Parish. corporateBody
associatedWith L.M. Wiley Parish Company. corporateBody
associatedWith New York (State). Court of Chancery. corporateBody
associatedWith Parish, Marshall and Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Parrish family. family
associatedWith Parrish family. family
associatedWith Phelps Dodge Corporation. corporateBody
associatedWith Thompson, J. R. person
associatedWith Thompson, J. R. person
associatedWith Tucker, Pomeroy, 1802-1870. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
New York (N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.)
New York (State)
Subject
Insurance
Insurance companies
Insurance companies
Life insurance
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Active 1850

Active 1911

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