Surveys, 1752-1900.

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Surveys, 1752-1900.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122355401

Surveys, journals, minutes of directors' meetings and a numerical (policy index) book are included, as are some architectural drawings and building specifications. The collection contains survey books kept by John C. Evans, Gunning Bedford, Samuel Wetherhill, Jr., David Evans, and J. Rakestraw.

12 microfilm reels.

Winterthur Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6688177

Winterthur Library

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Evans, David

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David Evans, composer and librettist. Winnie Holzman, librettist and lyricist. From the description of Birds of paradise: typescript, 1987 June 10. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144652504 David Evans was a Philadelphia carpenter. From the description of Daybooks, 1774-1812. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122489865 ...

Evans, John C., 1946-

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Bedford, Gunning Bankson, 1800 or 1801-1826

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Philadelphia Contributionship for the Insurance of Houses from Loss by Fire

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The Philadelphia Contributionship was the first fire insurance company in America, organized on April 13, 1752. The plan adopted was one of mutual assurance, and the members were denominated contributors. John Smith was chosen as the first treasurer and the first business transacted by the company was the insurance on his two houses on King Street. The Smith family remained actives in the firm; James Somer Smith II served as secretary-treasurer from 1859 to 1864 and was succeeded by his son, Jam...

Wetherill, Samuel, Jr.

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Rakestraw, Joseph, 1780?-1860

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